Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/27

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Subject: Re: 40 summicron -C
From: "Arnold Don Abravanel" <arniea@loop.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 14:29:51 -0800
 
Does this hold true w/ M5 or M4P framelines?

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> From: Afterswift@aol.com
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re:  40 summicron -C
> Date: Thursday, November 27, 1997 2:11 AM
> 
> Measuring off the distance and then comparing it to the reading on the
40mm
> Summicron after focusing it on a Leica M3, I found the same accuracy as
for
> lenses native to the M3. So on my M3 the 40mm Summicron works just fine.
And
> the viewfinder approximates the 40mm if you use all the area beyond the
50mm
> frame lines.
> 
> Bob