> > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 11:03:32 GMT > To: "PDML" <[email protected]> > Subject: The "Thingy" in the istDS > > I've been using the istDS for about two years and today I noticed a little > thingy in the flash attachment. It looks like it's designed to cover and > protect the contacts. That's pretty cool. This is my second DS, and I > don't recall this protection cover being on the first camera. Is this a > standard item, or maybe an optional piece that was installed by the > original owner of my second camera, which I bought used? >
Standard fitment in most new cameras of quality. Even my Zenits had one. The one for the Z1-p was a most bizarre shape, due to the location of the shoe. The DL/2 has cutouts on the locating rails (in fact, on one side the rail is almost completely missing) to save a farthing's worth of plastic. I think you can get a Leica one made in precious metal and set with gemstones. It's an optional extra on the Paris Hilton Sex Tape Commemorative model. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
