Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M lens coupling ring question
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 11:23:47 -0800

At 11:06 AM 2/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:06 AM 2/22/98 -0600, Robert Ardinger wrote:
>>Last month I bought a second hand grey plastic coupling ring (allows two M
>>lenses to be attached to each other for compact storage).  It looks fairly
>>old. It is perhaps only an inch or so thick.  I think it is made by/for
>>Leica but it doesn't have much in the way of markings on it.  I really like
>>using it and wanted to pick up a second one just like it.  Does Leica still
>>make them?  If so does anyone know the part number and a price estimate? 
>>Are there different ones?  I would think lenses that would give the meter
>>arm in a CL or M5 trouble would not work safetly on the rather narrow ring
>>I have, are they avalible in different widths?  
>
>Leica Part Number 14583 is available new for under $30 (and, yes, we have
>all seen dealers listing these puppies for $75 or so!).  There is only one
>size.  A similar gizmo is made for the R lenses.
>
>Marc
>

We all got in trouble, from Oddmund, for discussing these gizmos.

Jim