Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 08 January 2001, Steve Huntley wrote: > > I recently acquired an old Bellows-R (the instruction book shows a > Leicaflex) for use with my R4. It came in the original box and is in > beautiful shape. I first tried my 50 mm Summicron-R; everything went fine > though the 50mm fit in the bellows was obviously snug. But when I tried my > 90mm Summicron-R, it would not attach to the bellows. Both lenses fit the R4 > fine. Any ideas on what the problem is and how I should correct it? Many > thanks. > Steve > Steve, what's the problem? Is it too tight to twist on to the bellows, or does the 90 not seat in the mount properly? The first problem is solved with a trace of petroleum jelly (like Vaseline) on the lens mount and the latter may be cause by using an R-only lens on a Leicaflex lens mount. If your 90 is an R-only lens (which seems odd to me) the lens' bayonet has an extra ridge on it that prevents the lens from fitting on a Leicaflex. The bellows lens mount can be machined by Leica to fit R-only lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/