Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just received my first Leica bayonet mount camera, after using screw mounts for the past 3 years. I bought a M4-2, and have been enjoying shooting it this weekend. In the manual for the M4-2, it shows the framelines for 50, and 90 selected individually, and for 35/135 with the other setting of the lever. My Laney guide says 28 and 75 mm framelines were available as factory conversion. Mine has some lines in addition to those shown in the manual. When a 50 mm lines are selected, four small corners appear inside the 50 frame. Are those the 75 marks?? When the 90 mm lines are selected, four lines appear almost at the edges of the finder. Are these the 28 marks? I was really quite surprised in comparing the M4-2 to the II(d) and IIIa I use regularly. Other than the height, the body is very similar in size, and a lot more compact than I had thought the M's would be. Right now I am going to have to use an adapter and LTM lenses, but hope to begin adding some bayonet mounts to it in the future. Thanks in advance Noel Charchuk