Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In all seriousness - okay, it's big, but then so is a Noctilux. What I wonder about though, is what this little outhouse will do to the balance of the camera. On 9/27/06 4:17 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > The varifinder is a bit grotesque, though, isn't it? > > Op 27-sep-06, om 23:03 heeft Christopher Williams het volgende > geschreven: > >> Christ quit complaining you bunch of small minded photographed >> wussies! It's >> too big, it's too noisy, it's batteries suck even though I've never >> tried >> it, blah blah blah. >> >> Do what I did. I go to the local Lowe's and get some copper wiring >> (if you >> are in New Orleans you could just go to any trashed house and "borrow" >> some). I then fashion the wiring into 1" x 2" rectangles. Then I >> cut out >> some Walgreens construction board paper(the bright lime green stuff >> cause >> it's always on sale) marking >> 12mm,15,21,24,28,35,40,50,73,75,85,90,105,135,200mm, and placing >> the paper >> inside the 1"x2" copper viewer. The viewer of course is then >> cemented with >> Gorilla Glue on top of the Leica TTL hotshoe - sticks forever in >> about 30 >> seconds. Sometimes a nail gun works too, but I found you'd better >> do that on >> an MP not a TTL M6/M7! Shocking was the word I'll use. >> >> Trust me it works, and only for around $6.66. If you "found" the >> copper >> wiring in New Orleans, deduct $2.50. >> >> I'll post some photos later along with proper instructions for >> viewer use. >> After I finish downing a few bottles of Dixie beer, the only way to >> start >> whistlin' Dixie. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Keenan" >> Subject: [Leica] Re: New Leica varifinder is rather huge >> >> >>>> That's not what one can call compact: >>>> http://tinyurl.com/p3388 >>> >>> You ain't just whistlin' Dixie... >>> >>> My plans to buy one of the new Tri-Elmar lenses is now on >>> indefinite hold. >>> >>> Buying a small camera, adding a relatively small, super-versatile >>> lens, >> and >>> then have to put a small -- and pretty ugly -- house on top of the >>> camera >> to >>> use the lens is difficult to accept. >>> >>> Dave. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information