Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/05

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Subject: Re: M6 and DR summicron
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 21:06:25 -0700
 
> From: S. Khai Mong <khai@iware.com>
> 
> Somebody wrote about DR Summicron 50 on an M6.  Here is what I know
> about it.
> 
> 1. You cannot switch to the near range on an M6.  There is a sheet
>    metal flange on the bottom on the M6, which prevents it from
>    going to the near range.  The M3 does not have the flange.

Fortunately, nobody told my M6. It has been happily shooting amazing
closeups ever since I found a DR a year and a half ago. What a lens! The
results of closeup shots using Agfa 25 APX film enlarged to 11x14's (thru a
Focotar lens, of course) are beautiful. 

Gary