Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, The 50mm 3.5 Elmar has an infinity lock button which will interfere with the M to thread adapter if there is no cutout for it. Leica made adapters have this cutout. Most likely what you have does not. Len On Sep 13, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Have a lllc with an Elmar 50mm F3.5 and some other non Leica screw > lenses - 35mm Canon Serenar, 90mm Jupiter 8, 135mm Stenheil - and > this week bought an M3 body. Have a M to Thread adaptor and ran off > a roll today with the 50 Elmar to see if I'd bought a pup. > > While I haven't developed the roll yet, I was concerned to note > that the lens won't allow movement all the way to the infinity mark > on the M3 like it does with the lllc. It locks near the 20 mtr > marker and won't go further. It appears to be the adaptor as it > works fine without it. Is there something I should know about this > adaptor? > > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information