Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Rosauer wrote: << BTW, the story goes that the reason why the finish was changed from silver chrome to black anodized was that the chrome finish reflected light off the lens barrel into the Leicaflex's external meter, throwing off the meter reading. Changing the finish to black solved the problem.>> I also heard that this was the reason that Zeiss Ikon changed Contarex lenses from silver to black - the external meter of the "Bullyeye" was affected in the same way - and that was some years before the Leicaflex was introduced! Regards.