Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andreas, I'm not an expert, but I do have a "Leica Accessory Guide, 2nd edition" in my hand. Here's your problem: 14351 is a +1 diopter for M cameras made after 1987 (with rubber reinforcement). Your M4-P is most certainly older than that. The proper +1 diopter for that camera would be 14362. I don't have an M4-P nor an M3 at hand, but I imagine that this diopter lens will fit both bodies. John At 10:23 PM 12/27/98 +0100, Andreas Frijdal wrote: > > > > Dear lug friends, > > I was very dissappointed to get no answers on my first quest for help, must > be the holliday season! > So where are all the heavy leica specialists, or do you prefer to discuss red > dots and pc wishes > > this was my message: > > Sometime ago I got some good advice from Richard C. which correction > 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. > > The diameter of the screw mount is 11,8 mm while the one on my M4-P is > bigger > 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. I would use it when I buy an M6 > > 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. > > Does anybody has a clue what went wrong? I have a M4-P nr 1620XXX which means > production between 83-84. The correction lens was "boxed" in brand new Leica > box and carrying the following text: Correction lens for Leica M-Modelle (in > German/English/French) 14351. > > It does not fit my M3 either (having the same diameter as the M4-P and but > there the lens is mounted separately). > > happy new yearl > > andreas > > > > Dr Andreas Frijdal > Casalmonte > 50020 San Polo in Chianti (Fi) > Tuscany > Italy > > <mailto:frijdal@tin.it>frijdal@tin.it +39-055-8307318 home > <mailto:frijdal@iue.it>frijdal@iue.it +39-055-4685332 work