Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for sharing your idea. Did you attach the velcro on the hot shoe of your Leica and how do you align it with the viewfinder. I would imagine the viewfinder attached with velcro on the camera will get misaligned fairly easily when one inadvertently knocks it around. - --- Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net> wrote: > Hi Henry > > Good you asked before you glued. I used the wrong > glue, the foot > never attached properly and it was then impossible > to fix it with the > right glue. I asked the same question as you (after > I had tried the > wrong glue) and got several replies. Look in the > archives. This was > perhaps two months ago > > As I could not glue the foot back, I the cut off the > remains of the > shoe and put some good quality Velcro on the finder > and on both my M6 > bodies. If you really want to make sure you got the > finder finder > lined up correctly, then make a comparison with what > you see in the > M6 built in viewfinder. Velcro has several > advantages: it is much > quicker to move the finder from one body to another, > and my Leica bag > has some Velcro inside it anyway, so I attach the > finder there when > it is not in use. That makes it much more accessible > than putting it > back in its little leather purse, and I feel it is > much safer > attached like that than in the little purse that I > always feared I > would lose. > > Chris > > > >On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 06:57 AM, Henry > Ting wrote: > > > >> > >>The shoe of my dedicated 24mm viewfinder broke > off. > >>Since its made of plastic (or some high-tensile > >>composite), can I use "super glue" for a fix ? > > -- > Christer Almqvist > D 20255 Hamburg and / or > F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html