RE: [Leica] Super angulon for M6

[Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>]

Nigel,
Thanks for the opinion, I wish my S/A was mint (it is black) but sadly the
lens needs looking at already as the aperture ring won't close down below f8
without a fight!
As a user I'd anticipate a cost of maybe a 100 pounds to sort the two things
out, the lens cost was cheap(ish) when I got it, so the overall cost to me,
now, isn't too much of a shock.
BUT
The reason for the post was to ask other people's opinions rather than just
relying on this guy's 'say so', and I thank you for that.
I've posted off the details to my friendly repairer/mechanic (Malcolm
Taylor) and will be interested to hear what he says too.

Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	nbwatson@juno.com [SMTP:nbwatson@juno.com]
> 
> Good heavens.  A mint black SA is in the $1800-$2000 range from those
> I've seen advertised.  I'd hardly take the chance to ruin it based on
> someone's *say-so* that you can meter...albeit *only* with the lens on
> close-focus and *only* with compensation...on an M6.   Then add the value
> of your labour time and you could likely afford the ASPH from the get-go.
> 
> Regards,
> Nigel
> 
> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:00:01 -0000 Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
> writes:
> >Anyone else read this after it was posted the other day?
> >
> >http://reality.sgi.com/jessen_esd/angulon_mod.html
> >
> >It offers a route to modifying your Super Angulon to enable metering 
> >on an
> >M6. For those of you who are more mechanically minded, does it seem to 
> >make
> >sense, or are we likely to have elements falling out of our lenses if 
> >we go
> >through with it?
> >
> >Any thoughts? It certainly seems less expensive than buying that new 
> >21
> >asph!
> >
> >Jem
> >
> 
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