Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M 35mm RF for Leica M3
From: pcb@iac.co.jp (Paul C. Brodek)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:06:28 +0900

Hi Ken,

Well, I may have been working on bad assumptions and faulty memories.
The last time I had a goggled lens was in '93 or so, and I thought I
remembered not being able to mount it with the pre-M grip installed
(this was the non-Leica, US-made grip that was available before
Leica's M-grip).  But now you have me wondering whether my memory
could be entirely wrong.  I thought I was on this planet in '93, but
maybe not...I"ll have to try a goggled lens soon and see what the
story really is.

Thanks,

PB


On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:23:16 -0400, Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com> wrote:

>Item b. below is of interest to me. I just went and tried
>mounting/dismounting my wife's 35 RF Summicron from her M3 equiped with
>M-grip. There was no interference although it was close. Perhaps there =
is
>enough difference between the Summaron and the Summicron to account for
>this?
>
>Cheers!
>
>>b. Interference with M-Grips:  If you use, plan to use or might ever
>>want to use the accessory M-Grip, realize you will have to remove
>>either the grip or the goggles (some goggles are removeable) each time
>>you mount and dismount the lens.  I now dislike using my M bodies
>>without the grip, so this is a pretty big impediment for me.

Paul C. Brodek
Kobe, Japan
pcb@iac.co.jp