Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I called Leica USA, the woman who helped me said that they were not able to convert a lens from knurled ring to focus lever. And I assume that you can't go the other direction either. She put me on hold before she gave me the answer; she did not tell me whom she had conferred with. -Charlie >There has been some discussion on this group about the redesign of the 50mm >Summicron-M to replace the focus lever with a knurled focus ring. Can I ask >which arrangement members prefer, and why? Also, is it possible to have the >factory or someone else (I am in the UK) convert a lens from one focus >type to the other? Charles E. Dunlap Earth Sciences Dept. University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064