Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim and Ernesto are quite right. Despite occasional minor spats, the people here are great. Although many on this list can afford whatever Leica gear they desire, there are also many (myself included) who can't. We scrimp and save to get small outfits because we appreciate the quality of Leica gear. This also means having to think creatively at times. For instance, I wanted a right-angle viewfinder (for my R5) for one series of no more than 30 photographs. The real thing was simply too expensive - even used. But I found a used BerkeyPhoto Universal Angle Finder made to fit an old Pentax. About an hour of careful filing, and a few coats of black spray paint on the metal bits and Voila! True, it has barrel distortion like crazy, but it's not in the optical path. It works just fine, and it set me back just $15! Now I'm wondering if I'm the only cheap, slightly crazy Leica enthusiast around, or are there other such "bargain basement" Leica stories out there? Just curious... - ---------- David Young, Victoria, CANADA | I cook with wine... http://www.islandnet.com/~youngs/ | Sometimes I even put it in the food.