Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not entirely true cetain SM lenses with the mushroom-shaped infinity catch (ie 35 and 50 Elmar, 35 Summaron, etc) will not work with the 9 cm adapter, you'll note that the 35 and 50mm rings are a little narrower for use with such lenses... On Mon, 20 Oct 97, Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net> wrote: >>Does the purpose of a SM-to-M ring includes something >>other than (1) adding some distance to flange back and (2) >>bringing up a correct frames? > > >Leslie, > >If you don't have the right adapter, you can still use any LTM lens. The >only problem will be that you will get the wrong frame in the finder if >they do not match. Just use the frame preview lever to bring up the right >frame. > >- Paul >