Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens shades
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 23:08:19 -0800
 
Dennis Painter wrote:
> 
> Steve Echols wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell me what the 12538 is for?
> > thanks
> > Steve
> Steve,
> 
> Its the Leica/Leitz catalogue number.
> 
> Dennis

Steve,

I wasn't trying to be smart but read the question to be what the number
stood for.

The shade fits the following lenses:

My 12585 is marked:

1:2/50
1:2.8/50
1:3.5/50
1:2/35
1:2.8/35
1:3.5/35

It is supposed to work on all these lenses, except for the newer lenses
with inbuilt shades.


Dennis

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