Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/18

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Subject: Re: SM-to-M Adaptors / Marvin
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 22:33:30 -0400

At 06:44 PM 10/18/97 -0400, Marvin wrote:
> Marc - I think than Joel's rings sell for about $65 but I have never seen
>one- and dom't know how good they are.  Have you seen or used one ?
> I do know that there was a lot of variance in the Japanese rings & some
> were adequate & others just didnt work & had a tendency to come off the
> lens and stick to the camera, which required the use of the "M" rear cap
> to remove.  Surprising how many people don't know the the pins on the"M"
> cap makes it a wrench for that purpose.

And then there are the Kilfitt adapters, which run around $35 or $40 when
you can find them.  Of course, they only work for the 135mm frameline, but
at that price, what the hey!

Marc


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