Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops, asleep at the wheel again. As you well know, you need to remove material from the lens mount not add!!! It is when you are adapting the early 28mm lenses (or CLE 28) that you need to add material. Sorry about that :-(. It would not be that difficult, or expensive, to have the modification done. John (dumb dumb) Collier > From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> > > Judging by the serial no. it probably will activate the 50 frame. The early > 35/3.5 M lenses were meant to be used on the M3 with a separate viewfinder > and activate the 50 frame. It would not have made sense to activate the 135 > frame. Next Leica made the 35/3.5 with correcting eyes (still activated the > 50 frame) and finally, with the introduction of the M2, a eyeless lens that > activated the 35 frame (35/135 in the M4 and on). It is possible to modify > the lens mount to activate the 35 frame but this is tricky as material needs > to be added. You would have to remove the mount, silver solder on the extra > material and then machine to fit. The best choice would be a very late 35/2 > non-asph summicron with great glass but a tough mount typically around > $400US to $450US. Unfortunately, as this is what every shooter is looking > for, they are rather thin on the ground. Before you worry too much wait for > the lens to arrive, it may have been modified already. >