Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/28
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>I picked up an IRZOO/14097 from an estate three years ago or so which was
>also so engraved. This is the '5cm' version and is engraved, on the front,
>781871 and, on the back, in smaller characters, 3941. I wrote this up for
>VIEWFINDER but they didn't run it. I do know that no one with whom I've
>discussed this has been able to shed any light on it, so it IS comforting to
>find that a second one exists -- and not too far from me geographically,
>either!
Oh oh. The above response to my post inspired me to go get out my other
adapters. My IRZOO/14097 is also engraved on the front 658983 and on the
back 7226
>
>Incidentally, I believe the engraving saga for these adapter rings was such
>that the ISBOO/14098 was ONLY engraved '90mm' and the ISOOZ/14099 '13.5cm',
>without regard for the M2 frames. The IRZOO/14097 went from 5cm to 2.8cm -
>5cm to 50mm during its long life. I only have a half-dozen or so of these
>left, but I don't recall ever seeing any of these adapters which varied from
>the above format. I would, of course, be happy to learn more from those who
>can shed additional light!
My other ISOOZ/14099 is marked M2 21-35 and M3 135.
kw
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