When making photos in very low light, I find that I miss the use of an eye cup on my M8. I used one on my Nikon F-2 years ago and found it helpful.
While composing a shot in the dark it seemed beneficial to mask most of the peripheral light entering my right eye, allowing only the viewfinder light to get through. This now seems especially true with my older eyes.
With this in mind, I thought I would develop and Eye Cup for just the M8. To accomplish this, I choose to model my design on my computer using a 3D modeling program, and then make some paper models to see how they look and feel and fit.
I hope to hear some feedback from like minded Leica M8 users who might find merit or, otherwise, with this idea. Next step will be to make a molded rubber prototype when the design is complete. If that works well I will produce them.
