Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] wooden grip for old leica M film camera
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:31:21 -0500 (CDT)

On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 koolhelpdeskdude at yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [Leica]  wooden grip for old leica M film camera 

>Hi 

>Does anyone have any experience with making an ergonomic recycled wooden 
>grip for their M film camera? 

>I'm thinking that it would improve my grip and avoid any slippage. 

>Like this: 

>http://www.mu-43.com/showthread.php?t=50892 

>Cheers 

>Pete
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Try one of these:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/M_Handles_AMR.jpg.html>

Wooden dowel with a 1/4 -20 bolt on one end and a wood screw on the other.   
The hard part is getting the screw in straight so the end will fit flush 
with the camera.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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