Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Wed Mar 7 11:50:54 2007

Wrap a thick elastic band around the extended barrel. That'll stop the
barrel from collapsing and can be easily removed without marking.

Steve



On 7/3/07 01:35, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote:

> Somewhere in Leica literature, there is a fix to keep the lens from being
> collapsed to far.  It was to use dymo labeler tape around the barrel to 
> keep
> it from backing into the M5 sensor.
> 
> Sonny
> 
> On 3/6/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> One of the things I like about collapsible lenses is....they are
>> collapsible! I don't think the Heliar will bottom out. I hope not, at
>> least.
>> It doesn't bottom out in a CV Bessa, and an Elmar does, as does the
>> Hexanon.



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