Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: Extension Shoe for Leica 200mm viewfinder
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:06:41 -0800
References: <200301311717.JAA16119@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <a05100303ba607c4232aa@[68.164.37.218]>

I purchased such an adapter in order to do so.   The shoe coupling on the
viewfinder has shoulders that are varying thickness making them too large
toward the center.  In short, they will not nest in the receiving part of
the shoe.

Best regards,
Roland Smith
Oakland, California

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Marvin" <marvbej@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: Extension Shoe for Leica 200mm viewfinder


> Why not use a generic hotshoe to PC socket adaptor?
>
> Bob Marvin
>
> At 9:17 AM -0800 1/31/03, Roland Smith wrote:
> >  I am trying to locate an Extension Shoe for the M5 <Vfr.1979 12, No4
> >p13,
> >>  > Hfb>  This parenthetical reference appears in my Hove Accessory
Guide.
> >>  >
> >>  > The extension shoe is used between the extension tube TXBOO/14024, M
> >mount,
> >>  > or TZFOO/14023, LTM mount and the viewfinder SFTOO/12035 for the
200mm
> >lens.
> >>  > It will raise the viewfinder enough to clear the M5 and M6ttls
camera
> >  > > viewfinder top.
>
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