Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Find a DFOOB. These are commonly included in CHICO flash outfits for about $10. The DFOOB will slide into the shoe of your camera. Slide you 24 finder into the shoe of the DFOOB and you flash into the shoe on the end of the arm of the DFOOB. OR- Buy a CTOOM flash bracket. It was designed to use withe earlier cameras - - the ones with the mounting stud, but can also be used on the M6. Ken Wilcox At 1:12 -0500 3/8/0, a fine scholar, Andrew Moore wrote: >I sometimes need to use both an external 24 mm finder and a >small flash on top of my M at the same time, but these items are >"mutually exclusive" due to competition for the accessory shoe. > >I can connect the flash via PC cord, but there's still the problem >of where to mount it. > >Did Leica (or anyone else) ever make a 24 mm finder that has >its own accessory shoe on top? > >What's the most creative -- no, scratch that. What's a good way >to do this, while still keeping the M reasonably compact and >"ergonomically correct?" > >--Andrew >NO ARCHIVE - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>