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Subject: [Leica] Which SBOOI is more rare - all chrome, or chrome with black?
From: daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:03:39 +0100
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I guess asking why not just put the Leitz optical finder on the Nikon
body would be superfluous?

Glad you solved your problem.

Daniel

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Got the chrome one apart. ?Great help from Tom A too.
>
> The outer sleeve is just that - a longish tube.
>
> The middle optical assembly just spins right out, and all the lenses are
> glued into it, in one compact "optical head". ?I don't think I'll
> disassemble it any further, but transplant the whole optical head into the
> Nikon 5cm brightline finder housing.
>
> Should work fine.
>
> Japanese outer housing, German optics. ?Best of all worlds.
>
> Vick
>
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