Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ahh, grasshopper - there are so many facets of the world you have yet to divine... The coupling ring is good for precisely that one purpose - coupling (you should pardon the inadvertant unseemliness), as it has no protective partition between its two halves. The device I described can be used as a cap *and* a coupler! Don't you just love that frisson of pleasure that can be generated by the most minor and insignificant of issues? Happy coupling, Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 2:55 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] FW: Lens carrying syggestions > > > At 11:17 AM 7/21/99 -0700, Paul Chefurka wrote: > >For anyone who wants to try this with Leica rear caps, I use > pairs of them > >epoxied back to back, and they work a treat. I did have to > grind down the > >flat back of each cap with very coarse sandpaper before it > would work - this > >removes a small ridge around the base of the cap to allow a > flush contact, > >and also roughens the plastic enough to let the epoxy grip properly. > > > >Now I don't need three hands to change lenses any more! > > But ... but .. but. I splutter. Leica sells a back-to-back adapter, > 14838, which they call a "coupling ring". Costs a mere > pittance. Whyever > would you MAKE one? > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >