Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M3 Shutter Speed Dials and MR meter
From: John Bean <john@jbean.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:43:59 +0100

Works fine for me, Chuck. It seems that the speeds are the same for any 
given position on the dial, only the click-stop detents are in different 
places to give the old-style speeds.

At Sunday 26/03/2000 18:15, C. E. Workman Jr. wrote:

>I recently acquired an ancient (1954) Summicron collapsible 50mm lens.  I
>intend to use it on my M3 (1955) with an MR meter.  The speed/f.stop scales
>don't match - due to the M3 being produced before the switch to the current
>numbering system.  However, it appears that I can use this combination as
>the dial on the meter and the shutter speed does indicate about a 1/2 stop
>variation on the slower speeds up to 1/250.  Is there anything wrong with
>this approach?


Regards

John Bean