Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] APO 2x extender
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 16:31:34 -0600
 
At 08:40 AM 1/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Help! When I attach the above device between the bodies of my R7 and R8
>and my 180 mm APO lens, the viewfinder suddenly does not contain the set
>aperture setting and appears to lose other details as well. Do any LUG
>members know why? Thanks!

Because the aperture is no longer in the view of the "periscope" that views
the aperture and lets you see it in the viewfinder, it's at the other end
of the converter. 
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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