Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica USA sends the red dot for free, or at least they did last time I asked. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: tedgrant at shaw.ca >Sent: Nov 17, 2009 9:31 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Red bead on lens > >TINA OFFERED SO ELOQUENTLY: >Subject: Re: [Leica] Red bead on lens >> You can also put a dot of red fingernail polish in the place of the >> bead.<<< > >Hi Tina, >Thank you for posting it so thoughtfully and simply eloquent!" :-) Like >it's >a no brainer! > >Hey whomever, so you lost the red dot! Big Deal!! A major big deal, it >means >diddly squat whether your photographs are any good or not! > >I own a first in Canada Noctilux that has worked beyond your wildest >imaginations all these many years without a lens shade for at least... >READY? 30 years! > >And a red dot for near 20 years, if not longer, despite my dear friend Sal >Dimarco sending me an "official red dot" to glue in place, I never did! >:-( The lens and picture results have survived these many years. > >RED DOT smedge POT! Like really who cares! > >My Noctilux still hasn't got a red dot and I know with my eyes closed how >to >lock the lens into the right place on whatever M camera body you wish to >name! Inculding the M8 & M9! Man it's all about feel! No different than >feeling the moment to trip the shutter and capture the perfect moment! :-) > >Look whomever you are, save your money, by the cheapest red nail polish you >can buy, add a blob to the spot where the OFFICIAL RED DOT was and you are >laughing all the way to the bank! :-) > >The guys an gals on the LUG always try to help folks save money instead of >buying the ridiculous over priced Leica bits and pieces! :-) Have a nice >day! > >cheers, >Dr. ted. :-) > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information