Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the flange of the 21/4.5 is different the other ziess zm lenses, i send mine to germany for a mount change so that it bring the right frame line they (ziess) replaced both the flange and inner tube On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi I just received two replacement lens flanges from John Milich. I want to > add 6 bit coding. They are both identical and I want to use them for the > Zeiss 4 18 and the 4.5 21. Screw alignment is perfect, calls up 28 > framelines, fit and finish are excellent. I attempted to fit one to the C > Biogon 4.5 21. It does not have the internal helical nor an extension lip > on > the inside surface that are present on the original Zeiss flange. The focus > does not operate on the camera and the locating ring for indexing tab is > loose. What am I missing here? > I have just sent a note to John Milich and am waiting on a response. > Has anyone fitted a replacement flange to the 4.5 21? Is it the same as the > 2.8 21? > I have posted a query on the Leica Users Forum also. > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad