Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth Rosner wrote: > NO, NO, NO - I was describing exactly what Doug was below, an opaque rigid > black plastic fitting in the shape of the bottom plate but with a slight lip > and thumbscrew to go in the tripod socket. Purpose surely to prevent dust, > dirt and schmutz from fouling the connectors. Both my R5 and R6 came with exactly that plastic cover. I believe it was only for protecting the base plate in the store, since it was fairly flexible and would probably prove to be a problem in real life use. The instruction book contains no advice about using it for the purposes you're mentioning (or any other use), IIRC. John Newell - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html