Re: [Leica] 400 and 560/6.8 Grip

[Rick Dykstra <rdandcb@cybermac.com.au>]

Whew! On ya Roy.

I'm keen to get this pistol stock for other lenses.  So the locating pin
doesn't retract?  But it'll fit the current tripod mount Leica tele lenses,
wont it?  The general catalogue mentions it as an accessory for the 70-180
Zoom, the 105-280 zoom and the modular tele lenses.

However, its not mentioned as an accessory for the 180/2 or the 280/4.
Could be an oversight. I wonder if they have the same tripod mount as the
first group mentioned above?

Good pick up Roy.  Deep in the jungles of Kenya would not've be the place to
find the bits didn't click together.  As if!  But hey, NASA lost a rocket
with a pre trip screw up!

Regards

Rick Dykstra

Roy Zartarian wrote:

> This $150 plastic accessory will NOT fit the 400/6.8 tripod mount or
> that of the early 280/2.8.  The stock has both a mounting screw
> and a locating pin.  The distance between these two is shorter than
> the corresponding holes on either lens.  I know this because I
> ordered one through a local dealer and had to return it.
> 
> Even if the 14282 could be adapted to fit the 400, it would place the
> hand supporting the lens back too far to focus.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> On 15 Oct 2000, at 12:34, Rick Dykstra wrote:
> 
>> Oh, and there's also the accessory called the Pistol Stock
>> , part number 14282, which is like a comfy palm swell grip, a bit like a
>> rifle stock's fore part.  It screws into the tripod mount of lenses like
>> your newies.  Ted's talked about this one, I think.
> 
>