[Leica] Protecting your eyeglasses from your older M

[summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer)]

All,

Thanks for the tips.  I may try the "Gandy Gasket" to see how that 
works.  My lenses, incidentally, get scratched pretty easily - damn 
that Zeiss!

Frank Farmer
Jackson, Miss.

On Aug 1, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Robert Browne wrote:

> Frank,
>
> Try gluing on a rubber O ring of the proper size. Works for me.  They 
> can be found at any hardware store. Pick up a couple of extras while 
> you're there in case it falls off and gets lost.
>
> Robert
>
> Frank Farmer wrote:
>
> I was wondering what most folks use to keep from scratching their 
> eyeglasses with the metal eyepiece of older M's. I used a little 
> snap-on plastic protector that I purchased from Don Goldberg for a 
> while but it was knocked off my camera sometime this weekend and lost 
> forever. I have often wondered about the little do-nuts that Stephen 
> Gandy has at Camera Quest but have neither seen nor used one. What to 
> ya'll use? Likes? Dislikes? I need to find a replacement.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Frank Farmer
> Jackson, Miss.
>
>
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