Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>My DR was built in the >last year of production (1968), and the words "Leitz Wetzlar" engraved on >the eyes are NOT enclosed by a 6-sided engraved polygon. Older DRs seem to >have this additional engraving on the eyes. A previous post a few months >ago mentioned that each version of the eyes could only mount onto its >matched lens. I wonder if this corresponds to the difference Marc is >referring to. From what I understand, the eyes were a separate accessory, and were not necessarily purchased with the lens. Not every owner seems to have bought the eyes, which is why there are more lenses than eyes out there. Are the eyes for the early lenses really incompatable with the later ones? I seem to have lucked out with both lens and eyes, then. Fools rush in... _ Paul