Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BE81E2.7A5C1680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today I finally took the plunge and bought that beautiful pre-modular = 280mm f2.8 Apo-Telyt-R that I mentioned to the LUG a few weeks ago ( = thanks for all the advice received/comments at that time...). It is in = really good condition, came in original aluminium case with ND1 filter, = etc. My question to the group this time: In the cardboard filter box sitting = in the lens case, there are 2 black (rubberised?) rings. Apparently = unused by the previous owner (the lens looks hardly used, too, although = several years old) these rings are a bit of a mystery.......are they = supposed to be inserted under the filter at the front of the lens??? = That is the only place which I can conceive they will fit, although the = lens arrived with filter in place, without them . Hope one of you whom = is a current/past user of this objective can shed some light (no pun). = Many thanks, as always! May the light be with the LUG Ross=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BE81E2.7A5C1680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Today I finally took the plunge and bought that = beautiful=20 pre-modular 280mm f2.8 Apo-Telyt-R that I mentioned to the LUG a few = weeks ago (=20 thanks for all the advice received/comments at that time...). It is=20 in really good condition, came in original aluminium case with ND1 = filter,=20 etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My question to the group this time: In the cardboard = filter=20 box sitting in the lens case, there are 2 black (rubberised?) rings. = Apparently=20 unused by the previous owner (the lens looks hardly used, too, although = several=20 years old) these rings are a bit of a mystery.......are they supposed to = be=20 inserted under the filter at the front of the lens??? That is the only = place=20 which I can conceive they will fit, although the lens arrived with = filter in=20 place, without them . Hope one of you whom is a current/past user = of this=20 objective can shed some light (no pun). Many thanks, as = always!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>May the light be with the LUG</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ross</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BE81E2.7A5C1680--