Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > > At 08:40 AM 1/3/98 -0800, you wrote: > >Help! When I attach the above device between the bodies of my R7 and R8 > >and my 180 mm APO lens, the viewfinder suddenly does not contain the set > >aperture setting and appears to lose other details as well. Do any LUG > >members know why? Thanks! > > Because the aperture is no longer in the view of the "periscope" that views > the aperture and lets you see it in the viewfinder, it's at the other end > of the converter. > ========== I used to have a cheapy Vivitar doubler and it had a linked ring at the camera end so you could see the Aperture in the finder of a Nikon. Course, it only cost $50 or so. I have Vivitar set of extension tubes that work the same way. They cost less many years ago. But not for use on a body with new contacts. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com