Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm 2.8 summaron M-SM conversion
From: Michael Volow <mvolo@acpub.duke.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 17:31:16 -0500 (EST)

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Damian Dlugolecki wrote:

Don't know about the bugeyes, but some early M lenses were actually SM
with a custom bayonet adapter (characterized by setscrew and little red
button), that actually looked like part of the lens. I have heard these
termed "convertible" mounts. I have an early Canadian 35/f2 Summicron
which is actually a SM in a convertible M mount.  (It never had bugeyes.)
Is this what you mean? 


> I was reading in an older Viewfinder V24 no 3. p. 23 about a conversion of
> a 35mm 2.8 summaron w/ bug eyes to a 35mm 2.8 summaron for SM, considered
> rare.  The article, by Randol Hooper, does not make clear whether the...
> Damian
> 
> 

Michael Volow (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu)
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
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