Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:49 PM 3/15/99 -0500, you wrote: >At 01:16 PM 1999-03-15 -0800, George Hartzell wrote: >> 2) Not that I want to put a filter on the front of it, but I noticed >> that either it's not threaded, or it has something screwed in. >> There's what looks like a glass-less filter as the last thing on >> the lens, it says VII on one side and 14161 Canada on the other >> side. > The 14161 leads me to believe that this is an R lens. Yes? No? I would not buy a lens that has fungus growing. You should get a lens with s/n 2772619 or higher. These have E55 filter threads. I had one that I bought in 1976. Used it for 20 years. Loved it. Focus was very smooth and easy. I sold it after buying a 70-180 APO. Jim