Does any one out there know where I can get a rubber eye cap for the back of my M6. I'm sick of whipping my glasses up to compose my photos. Thanks for any help. >>Viva La Leica<<

-- Scott (scottevans@mediaone.net), October 28, 2001

Answers

There used to be a rubber eyecup from a (long-out-of-production) German-made 50's-era movie camera (as my fading memory recalls) that perfectly fits the Leica M6. I bought four back in the late 80s when I bought my first M6. I posted this a while back in response to another question and Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net) responded with the name of the camera. Unfortunately (since I already have a couple left) I didn't write down the name of the camera he referred to. Contact him.

-- Cosmo Genovese (cosmo@rome.com), October 28, 2001.

Cosmo, wanna sell one? PN

-- Paul Nelson (clrfarm@comswest.net.au), October 28, 2001.

Consider Stephen Gandy's little self-adhesive rings from his site www.cameraquest.com. I put one on my M4 and have since stopped further scratching of my eyeglasses...

-- Craig Zeni (clzeni@mindspring.com), October 29, 2001.

Here are links to a two Leica-Users messages on the subject. I like the second solution :-)

http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v21/msg00321.html

http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v21/msg00651.html

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), October 29, 2001.

The newer Leica M-6 eyepieces have a rubber gasket molded into it & is not sold seperately. The eyepiece sells for $75.00 & is easy w/the correct tool to replace.

-- Don Goldberg (dagcam@chorus.net), October 29, 2001.