Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:40 PM 6/10/99 -0400, Dan Post wrote: >Mine has 135+ and 77X-- it also has the serial number- ending in '77' >penciled on the light baffle in the barrel, along with '135. I would assume >that the tubes and lens heads were matched at some point, and that the >numbers were done to keep them paired if the head was removed for testing. >Check the inside of the front of the lens barrel. This is normal Leitz practice of the era. The lenshead would, of course, be removed for VISO use on a short mount; the lenshead and focusing mount were matched. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!