marknorton Posted February 20, 2008 Share #1 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) You might think that the only inevitable things in life are death and taxes but to those, I'd add a third: however careful you are, you will lose the rubber o-ring around the Leica finder magnifier. Mine went AWOL last weekend. Â Has anyone here approached Leica to find out if spares are available? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dempski Posted February 20, 2008 Share #2 Â Posted February 20, 2008 In October or November of last year I called New Jersey and asked to buy a handful of them. I talked to someone in the parts department; they said they would send a couple free, which they did. The first day I put a new one on the camera while traveling in Germany, it must have rubbed against the case when I pulled the camera out and it went missing. Thank goodness I have scratch-resistant glasses. Â Someone used to sell a glue-on grommet, but I haven't seen this advertised in quite some time. If anyone knows how to glue the ring on without dissolving the rubber, or attach it so it won't fly off, please post (or post again). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted February 20, 2008 Share #3 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Mark, Mine did the same last April. I had my dealer order two via the Norwegian distributor. It took a while, but I got them. Â - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted February 20, 2008 Share #4 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Mine's gone as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted February 20, 2008 Share #5 Â Posted February 20, 2008 You can reattach the ring with a very very small amount of super glue. Be careful not to breath on it while doing this else the glue vapor can form a white deposit. Â I had to reattach the rubber buffer but in the meantime also lost the small lanyard retaining pin when the ring holding the freely rotating collar also came unscrewed from the back of the magnifier. Â Â Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted February 20, 2008 Share #6 Â Posted February 20, 2008 The rubber ring held up well on my first Leica magnifier. I used it for 6-8 months with no sign of distress to the rubber ring - that is until I lost the whole magnifier. I bought another Leica magnifier and the rubber ring on it lasted only a few days. It became loose and distorted almost immediately and came off completely shortly thereafter. It is irritating especially considering the cost of the magnifier. I would love to have another rubber ring, but don't know how to secure (adhesive?) it to the magnifier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
okram Posted February 20, 2008 Share #7 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I took it off deliberately, because it leaves black marks- especially on my nose, when I use 28mm finder... Â 200Eur? They could use better rubber (as well as glue)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gduveen Posted February 20, 2008 Share #8 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Mark -I also lost the rubber ring after a couple of months and simply rang Milton Keynes and was able to order a set of 5 replacements which arrived quite quickly. But the rings come off with great rapidity, and now I'm using the magnifier without a rubber ring and I'm happy yo say that my glasses remain unscratched. Â Gerard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share #9 Â Posted February 20, 2008 Thanks all; mine stretched as a result my screwing it in and unscrewing it and using the ring to grip the magnifier. Â I'll talk to Leica and see if they can supply them in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted February 21, 2008 Share #10 Â Posted February 21, 2008 It took me all of a week to lose mine <add sounds of me uttering obscenities at this point>. Its hardly a robust fitting so I figured that getting a replacement would just be a futile exercise. I wasn't thinking in bulk like you folks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norm_snyder Posted February 21, 2008 Share #11 Â Posted February 21, 2008 Black gaffer tape, trimmed and folded over. Doesn't look too elegant, but seems to do the job. Â NS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted February 21, 2008 Share #12 Â Posted February 21, 2008 It really is a pretty rubbish design for what is a fairly expensive part. You'd think they could bond some rubber to a screw in ring - it's not as though they don't do pretty much the same thing with the built in finder. Â Leica - it's the baubles of nothing that make it really something... Â (with apologies to the flake jingle) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted February 21, 2008 Share #13  Posted February 21, 2008 You can reattach the ring with a very very small amount of super glue. Be careful not to breath on it while doing this else the glue vapor can form a white deposit. Bob.  The vapours of super glue will also damage your eyes. Not a good idea to used it anywhere that is going to be close to your eyes. This was mentioned by the Nikon USA service manager in regards to gluing down the peeling rubber grips on the Nikon D1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero Posted February 21, 2008 Share #14 Â Posted February 21, 2008 I popped on a simple silicon O-ring from Orchard Supply - they come in red, which kinda looks cool. I'll followup with the size and details - I don't have the packaging anymore. Â Regards, -D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotomiguel Posted February 21, 2008 Share #15 Â Posted February 21, 2008 I've been about to loose it a couple of times. It will be good to find a good trick to fix it. Chees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted February 21, 2008 Share #16 Â Posted February 21, 2008 I got frustrated with the lanyard on mine catching on objects etc, so I disconnected it. Of course, I lost the magnifier then, so I ordered a megaperls magnifier,reasoning that a cheaper unit was less of a loss (figuring to lose it as well:D ). The day my new Megaperls arrived, I found the Leica Mag., minus the rubber ring. Â Am thinking, some sort of easily available 'O' ring should be workable, otherwise I will take an earlier posters advise and use gaffer tape. Â The excitement of using Leica is that you gain so many other skills and 'lessons', just so you can use the camera. Â Edit: The Megaperls is also in serious need of some sort of 'O' ring to stabilize the adjustable eyepiece. It very easily becomes out of adjustment during normal use and renders you 'blind', just when you want to use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share #17 Â Posted February 21, 2008 I think the o-ring idea - like the red look - sounds good if it can stay on tightly. Â I think the lanyard is a PITA too, managed to scratch my top plate with it, the Mega-Pearls 1.15 is barely worth the effort, their 1.35 is good when correctly adjusted but goes out of adjustment too easily. Â I wish Leica had updated the viewfinder for the 21st Century by making it variable magnification; come to think of it, I wish they'd updated the rangefinder at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP3 Posted February 21, 2008 Share #18 Â Posted February 21, 2008 Mine got loosen after a year. My glasses was not scratched but its coating was =( Â Has anyone tried the SCOOP or SC88P from Leicagoodies ? Seems to be a viable solution with the x1.25 or diopters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaron Posted February 21, 2008 Share #19 Â Posted February 21, 2008 You can buy a rubber (?) ring at a hardware store or locksmith shop that is designed to fit over the head of a key...they are color-coded so you can know which key goes where...and fit it over the magnifier to protect your glasses. Inelegant, but it works for me. Â --Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogwp Posted February 21, 2008 Share #20 Â Posted February 21, 2008 Mega-Pearls ....1.35 is good when correctly adjusted but goes out of adjustment too easily. . Â I had the same problem with this and I pushed a standard rubber O ring (the type that fits onto a tap/faucet) over the eyepiece so that it traps the adjustable part to the main body of the magnifier. You have to adjust the magnifier first, but it stays put afterwards. Roger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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