Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/27

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Subject: [Leica] Help!
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Apr 27 09:43:16 2007

i was thinking of grafting a ball head onto the cast and a short cable 
release for the shutter.  yep the other will be fun.  ;-)  typing with one 
hand and dressing is also interesting.  i should be pretty good at this by 
the end of 10 weeks.  ;-)

gene

-------------- Original message from Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com>: 
-------------- 


> -monopod held in left 
> 
> or 
> 
> -left hand under camera and focusing, right finger or thumb to 
> release shutter and wind 
> 
> or 
> 
> -beanbag to support camera and operate with left 
> 
> -a friend to load camera 
> 
> Heck, you can work around this. wiping may be a problem;^) 
> 
> ric 
> 
> 
> On Apr 26, 2007, at 7:16 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: 
> 
> > well tuesday night in a rain storm i managed to destroy my right 
> > shutter operating wrist. I am now trying to figure out how to 
> > operate my leicas with only my left hand. yes i am right handed 
> > and this is going to be hell. ;-) i am going to have to figure 
> > out how to avoid camera withdrawell. i realize using a tripod with 
> > an M is sacrillege, but maybe this is an allowable transgression. 
> > i will have the cast on for the next 10 weeks. of course anna and 
> > my wife are smiling at their good fortune of not having me with the 
> > m in my hand all the time now. any suggestions on how to do this 
> > without committing all the M transgressions? got home from the 
> > hospital this afternoon, and the M8 is calling me - oh the shame of 
> > it all. 
> > 
> > gene 
> > 
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