RE: [Leica] 21mm w/ goggles?

["Stewart, Alistair" <AStewart@gigaweb.com>]

Greg,

It's done by Reinhold Mueller to Tom A's design to any 21, altho' it works
best with a 21/3.4 SA, which can then be permanently affixed to your M4-p.

I had it done to a 21/2.8 non-asph elmarit. I love it, although it is a
little dark, and framing is inexact. It is still better than dropping,
breaking and losing V/F's. FYI, the focus link to the R/F is inaccurate
after gogglization - but with the immense DOF of the lens, I leave mine set
to 1m and don't worry about it. IF it gets critiacl close up wide open in
poor light, you might want to focus using another lens/body combo, and
transfer the distance setting.

Reinhold does a great job, it is (expensively) reversable. The cost is
slightly lower with the SA than the elamrit, but is around $500-$650.

I'm plucking up the courage to have the same done to my 24. (only lost one
finder to date!)

Best of light, and apologies to several for an on-topic post.

Alistair

- -----Original Message-----
From: Greg Locke [mailto:locke@straylight.ca]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 12:51 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] 21mm w/ goggles?


I've been noticing a few posts that mention a M-21mm with goggles.
Does anyone on the list have this done with theirs?

If so, who can be trusted to do this modification and dare I ask, how much
such a surgery might cost?

I'm going to try and seek it by on my health card ;^)

thanks,


Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>                               
St. John's, Newfoundland. 
http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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