Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Re: ?: Source for M3 Flash socket adapter
From: kwilcox@mail.davison.k12.mi.us (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:19:38 -0400

If your local store can't get them B&H has them for about $8.

Ken Wilcox

At 10:52 AM -0500 2/25/0, Andrew Moore wrote:
>On eBay and the like, I have seen flash socket adapters
>that will convert the Leica socket (on M2, M3, etc.) to a
>more common PC cord socket.  I haven't found these at
>my local stores, but I do know that a German company,
>Kaiser, makes them.  I have no contact information for
>this company.
>
>Where can I find this adapter?  I thought I'd ask the LUG
>before potentially over-bidding on eBay.  I've seen the
>adapters go for as much as $20 USD but that seems
>awfullly high to me.
>
>If there's a "poor man's" fix (such as the Fernco Qwik-Cap
>lens cap for the current M 50/2 and 28/2.8, all the better!
>It almost looks like I could use a plug from an AC "wall wart"
>transformer -- the plugs come in many sizes but I haven't
>found the right one yet.
>
>--Andrew
>NO ARCHIVE


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