Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Multi-finder mounting issue
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Wed Nov 23 14:36:08 2005
References: <d184daa30511231301g32a28c7cif0262fa02c6c2532@mail.gmail.com> <002b01c5f078$791f18b0$6101a8c0@jimnichols>
 
>I have seen suggestions by others that recommend using thin cardboard shims 
>cut to fit the accessory shoe.  That will help with vertical clearance.  If 
>the problem is with lateral movement, the only suggestion I have is to 
>remove the screws that attach the shoe to the camera and carefully apply 
>pressure to the sides of the shoe to tighten it up. 

Same for me with the thin cardboard. I have attached a 10x5x0.8mm aluminium 
stripe with double sided tape at the side of the turret finders foot to 
prevent lateral movement. works perfectly.
Didier
In reply to: Message from hfryer at gmail.com (Hugh Fryer) ([Leica] Multi-finder mounting issue)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Multi-finder mounting issue)