Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ali Yazdi wrote: >I bought a Summicron-r 50 from Ebay. It has been delivered to me yesterday. >I have a question. When I close the aperture rining , it will go to 16 and >goes one and half tick(step) further, which is strange because the max >number for this lens is 16. My R9 viewfinder just remains on 16 but from >what I can see the aperture is closing . > >Does anybody have any comment about this? If this is a normal thing for >Summicron-r 50? It is a ROM version. Sounds like the rear light/dust baffle is missing or damaged. The rear light baffle on many R lenses limits the aperture ring's travel. Was the lens converted to ROM from another cam configuration? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com