Voigtlander VC II Meter on Yashica Lynx 14e

[farlymac]

Meter Comparison

Meter Comparison

As promised. Vivitar 24 on the left, and Yashica YEM 35 on the right (forgot I had that one, Colonel). Shown on a Lynx-14E. They both impact on the forehead a little, but didn't bother me, even with glasses on.


Meters by br1078phot, on Flickr

The YEM 35 completely clears the rewinder knob, even when it is raised.

PF

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Thanks for the photos. Both look good.

In my case, I want to get my eye right up to the viewfinder surround, so I won't want the meter to project back from the edge of the camera.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Still looking for a good solution to put a modern meter atop the Lynx 14e.

 

[btvarner]

Has anyone found a solution to this question? Still looking for a method to move the Voightlander VC II away from the rewind knob................

 

[xxjorelxx]

I ended up having to create my own bracket by removing the cold shoe bracket from the camera and fabricating a new bracket that moves its position a little to the right giving me enough clearance to mount the VC meter and use the rewind knob simultaneously. I got all my materials from Home Depot and paid about $5 for the 1x1 sheet metal plate and another $3 for the industrial strength double sided mounting tape. I used the old screws from the cold shoe bracket to screw down the new bracket onto the body of the camera and then used mounting tape and super glue to stick the actual cold shoe bracket onto the new fabricated bracket. Works great so far.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Clever solution!

 

[180photos]

w o w o w o w

 

[Zonda]

I have this neat classic flash "raiser". Found it on the Bay.

 

[FrankS]

Nice fix!

The other thing you could have done, is to mount the meter facing backwards. Take a reading with the camera facing you, rotate the camera, set the controls, and take your picture.

 

[john_s]

My approach. I found that having an uncoupled meter attached to a camera less convenient than I anticipated (it was a heavy Rolleiflex SLR) i decided to attach it to a cord which I wear around my neck. Voigtlander make an accessory to do this but it's bulky, so I drilled a couple of holes and araldited a loop of piano wire into the base, AFTER making sure that the loop did not interfere with any of my cameras' shoes (On the SL66 the meter is mounted from the front, not the back, and the loop doesn't interfere.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Well... xxjorelxx, that's a very nifty solution. Thanks for posting.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Zonda and johns, those look good too.

Funny thing about these old discussion threads, they sometimes comes back to life with new answers. Thanks for posting!