Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Fw: any leica specialists among you out there
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:46:57 -0800

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Sorry Andreas, I didn't answer because I don't have an answer. And
perhaps those that do are away for the holidays. Be patient, and do some
research on your own, then in a week or so, ask again (everyone should be
back after the New Year.<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
<br>
At 10:23 PM 12/27/98 +0100, you wrote: <br>
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<font size=3D2>Dear lug friends,</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>I was very dissappointed to get no answers on my
first quest for help, must be the holliday season!</font><br>
So where are all the heavy leica specialists, or do you prefer to discuss
red dots and pc wishes<br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>this was my message:</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>Sometime ago I got some good advice from Richard C.=A0
which correction</font><br>
lens I should buy for my M4-P. After waiting for several months I finally
got the lens. To my surprise I did not fit. <br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>The diameter of the screw mount=A0 is 11,8 mm while th=
e
one on my M4-P is bigger</font><br>
14,8mm, also the lens is visibly bigger. At first I did not bother, I
thought I was the idiot and should have been more precise when ordering.
They must have send me one for the M6.=A0 I would use it when I buy an
M6<br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>Last week I went to one of the nicer second hand
shops in Brussels (near the Cinqentenaire, thanks Nathan!) to find a
second hand correction lens for my M4-P. To my great surprise they had
one but were so nice to tell me that there is no difference between the
M6 and the M4-P.</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>Does anybody has a clue what went wrong? I have a
M4-P nr 1620XXX which means production between 83-84. The correction
lens=A0 was &quot;boxed&quot; in brand new Leica box and carrying the
following text: Correction lens for Leica M-Modelle (in
German/English/French) 14351.</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>It does not fit my M3 either (having the same
diameter as the M4-P and=A0 but there the=A0 lens is mounted
separately).</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0</font><font size=3D2> </font><br>
happy new yearl<br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>andreas</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
=A0<br>
=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2>Dr Andreas Frijdal<br>
Casalmonte <br>
50020 San Polo in Chianti (Fi)<br>
Tuscany<br>
Italy</font><br>
<font size=3D3>=A0<br>
</font><font size=3D2><a href=3D"mailto:frijdal@tin.it">frijdal@tin.it</a>=
=A0=A0
+39-055-8307318 home <br>
<a href=3D"mailto:frijdal@iue.it">frijdal@iue.it</a>=A0 +39-055-4685332 work
</font><br>
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