Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:55 PM 8/3/96 -0400, Bob Rosen wrote: >When I returned my M3 to Leica for a cleaning about 15 years ago, >particularly since it was loosening up and fungus got into the rangefinder >optics, Leica NJ replaced the rangefinder optics with an updated design I >never saw on another Leica. The rangefinder spot had extensions on the top >and bottom of the rectangle as if to call the user's attention to the center >of the area. Does anyone have a Leica with that configuration. I was told >that it can indicate some focus information. These depth-of-field notches were fitted to the last half of the M3 run from 1958 onwards (approx serial number 918000 or so). They were a neat idea and I don't know why Leica never repeated them after the M3 ceased productionin 1966. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!