Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks a lot Mike. Thib. At 14:03 01/09/1998 EDT, you wrote: >Thib, > >The 14127 was designed for use of Viso lenses on the original Leicaflex >Standard. It had an aperture scale on the adapter mount that simulated >aperture settings for the meter. The 14167 was for the use of Viso lenses on >the Leicaflex SL and SL-2 or the Leicaflex standard. It looks like a plain >extension tube, but contained a null cam to set the cameras meter in a >"neutral" position so that meter readings could be taken in the "stop down" >mode, i.e. at the working aperture. Later 14167 adapters sometimes were >marked with and asterisk 14167*, and were fitted with the proper null cam to >couple to the meter in the R series cameras (R-3 - R-7) to allow for the >proper stop down (working aperture) meter measurement with these cameras. The >14167 can be readily fitted with teh proper R cam. Without it, there is no >reliable meter function with the R cameras. > > >Mike Swiek > >