Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No controversy, you just can't easily mount DR's on early M6's that lack the shroud cut-outs. Please search archives for info. Also beware that two DR vesrions exist: 19" vs 20". Finally, the optical unit/mount fitting is more of an issue with summarits and earlier than with 'crons and later. (tolernaces, mating, etc as a functional piece, versus sub-assembly & componentization.) >From: "Gib Robinson" <robinson@sfsu.edu> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: "Leica List" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] Re: DR Summicron >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:59:45 -0700 > >Dan C wrote: > > >I don't understand what you mean by the "mating of the barrel with the > >lens". Does the lens (easily) come apart in some way? > >Yes. The lens unscrews from the barrel. I don't know why they were >manufactured that way, but they were. The barrel mate to my lens >has the same serial # inscribed where the lens sits when screwed in. >Perhaps the lens could be used for the visoflex or put to some other >purpose, I don't know. Would some lens historian enlighten us here? > >There is some controversy about whether the close-up range will >work on an M6. I've had no trouble; but since I also have R bodies, I no >longer rely on the "eyes" for close ups. > >--Gib > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com