Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] another use for black tape - Snapshot Skopar
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:25:42 -0500

John Collier jotted down the following:

> Many cameras have replaceable focusing screens, head down to your local
> purveyor of slightly soiled photo gear and buy one that fits in between the
> outer guide rails on your M.

They tend to be expensive little buggers, along with being alusive, unless
you want stuff like split-image rangefinder and microprisms in the middle,
which of course for this, we don't.  I was hoping there was going to be a
cheaper and better alternative.

M.
 
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