Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm lens without focus lever?
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 16:13:04 -0700
 
I personally like the focusing lever. And I'm going to have one installed
on my 50/2. Tom Abrahamsson did his own. I'm not quite that gutsy, but I
want a focus lever. So I'll find someone who will do it.

Jim

At 01:33 PM 9/27/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> The only one that I know is the former 35mm f1,4 Summilux Aspherical,
>> with both the focusing lever and a focusing ring.
>...
>> BTW, why do you want that configuration ?
>
>I find that a finger & thumb on a focusing ring is much easier to
>control than a single finger on a focusing lever, especially for
>fine focusing adjustments.  I wonder if others have noticed this.
>
>Andrew
>