Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug- They can cost you a bunch- 50-75 USD and I found a simpler way with my LTMs: I took an old orange Ilford VC filter- about a grade 2 or 2 1/2- and took the bezel off the RF window, and set it on a corner of the filter- I turned the bezel to mark the filter, and then used a small pair of scissors to cut around the mark so the circle of filter material fit inside the perimeter of the bezel, which I screwed back onto the camera- Voila! Contrast filter, and unlike the ones that slip on externally, it is less prone to being lost! You only need to lose one $50 filter that is impossible to see in the grass to know what I mean! Cheers! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Cooper <visigoth@echonyc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Cc: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Wanted: Little Red Filter Thing > > > I need one of those little red filter things for my Leica IIIc; the one > that fits over the finder window. (Saw one on Jim's camera, and liked > it.) > > Anyone got one they can spare? > > > Doug Cooper > >