Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The current collapsible 90 Elmar is safe as it does not collapse into the body. All others you need to modify with Dymo or some other tape/device to keep them from poking into the shutter/sensor. Gene -------------- Original message from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>: -------------- > >> Watch out for the collapsible 90 Elmar. Everything else is OK. > > > >Um, I think you mean the collapsible 90 Elmar is the only > >collapsible lens for which you do NOT have to worry. > > > > > > No, actually I think the collapsible 90 Elmar is the lens that > protrudes furthest into the body when collapsed. The other lenses are > definitely OK to use on the M8. I'm referring to the old, 60's Elmar, > not the new Macro-Elmar. > > I really shouldn't state that the collapsible 90 Elmar protrudes too > far; I don't have one and don't know that it would cause problems but > it does protrude further into the body than any collapsible 50. I > don't know of any other lens that can cause a problem. Even the > 21/3.4 SA and the Hologon are fine; I've checked both. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information