Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Adapter 14167 & 14127
From: inyoung@jps.net
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 21:31:29

Hello Doug,

 I meant that the two 14167 of mine had the third cam only without the
first and the second cams.  If so, it cannot be used with the SL or SL2 as
some late R lenses are for the R bodies ONLY.

Thanks,
David

At 11:36 PM 7/01/99 -0400, you wrote:
>David wrote:
>
>>>>
>  I was puzzled that the two 14167 adapters have the third cam just like
>some of the later lenses for the R bodies only.  It is my understanding
>that 14167 is for the SL or SL2 while the 14127 is for the Standard and
>that 14167 should have two cams while the 14127 has one cam.  I wonder if
>my 14167 adapters are only for the R bodies as 2X Extender for R is only
>for the R bodies, but with the code unchanged.
> I have seen several different codes of 14127, plain 14127, 14127* and
>14127F.  What is the difference among these three?
><<<
>
>The 14167 with the 3rd cam can be used with SL, SL2 and R-bodies.  It was
>originally produced in the SL/SL2 era without the 3rd cam.  Just as there
>are 2-cam and 3-cam lenses there are also SL/SL2 and SL/SL2/R models of the
>14167.
>
>Can't help with the 14127 codes.
>
>Doug Herr
>Sacramento
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
>
>