Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13

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Subject: re: [Leica] Voigtlander (Cosina) 1:1.5/50mm Nokton
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:38:48 -0700
 
A silly pseudonym named "Ernst Leitz" asked:
>I'm wondering if anybody knows if this soon-to-be-released 
>screwmount lens will activate the correct framelines in the M camera.  

Screw mount lenses do not mount on an M-bayonet camera without an 
adapter, and do not have the cams for activating the framelines in the M 
cameras. 

Presuming you obtain the correct M-bayonet adapter for the focal length, 
the adapter triggers the appropriate framelines with its cams.

Godfrey