Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/01

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Subject: [Leica] Help!
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Tue May 1 13:24:07 2007

hi Clive,

well i have taken the pistol grip from my telyt shoulder stock, and went and 
got a cable release to hold an fire the m8.  i have a 35 as my widest lens, 
not ideal but it should work.  so with dof i can do some shooting.

gene

-------------- Original message from Clive Moss <clive.moss@gmail.com>: 
-------------- 


> Ouch - sorry to hear that. Get well soon. 
> Try zone focus and hold M8 upside down, operating shutter with thumb. 
> Its heavy that way, so try a light weight lens with great DOF - 15 0r 
> 21mm CV? 
> Or you could have your physician embed a tripod screw in the plaster and 
> mount the camera on your cast. 
> -- 
> Clive 
> http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 4/26/2007 6:16 PM grduprey@mchsi.com said the following: 
> > well tuesday night in a rain storm i managed to destroy my right shutter 
> operating wrist. I am now trying to figure out how to operate my leicas 
> with 
> only my left hand. yes i am right handed and this is going to be hell. ;-) 
> i 
> am going to have to figure out how to avoid camera withdrawell. i realize 
> using 
> a tripod with an M is sacrillege, but maybe this is an allowable 
> transgression. 
> i will have the cast on for the next 10 weeks. of course anna and my wife 
> are 
> smiling at their good fortune of not having me with the m in my hand all 
> the 
> time now. any suggestions on how to do this without committing all the M 
> transgressions? got home from the hospital this afternoon, and the M8 is 
> calling me - oh the shame of it all. 
> > 
> > gene 
> > 
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