Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] John Brownlow's stuck filter
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:30:18 +0000

on 11/2/00 2:48 am, Harrison Mcclary at harrison@mcclary.net wrote:

> once upon a time John Brownlow wrote:
>> 
>>> Anyway, this brings me to my main point. The Elmarit 28 I just bought seems
>>> to have a filter built in and I can't work out how to get the f***ing thing
>>> off. Can someone tell me??
> 
> John,
> 
> Is it the newest 28 elmarit.  If so you do realize the front element is flat
> don't you?  It is odd looking for the front element to be flat, but it is.

Okay, this is how stupid I am. I don't know which version of the lens this
is. The part number is 11809, the serial no. is 367****. On the box it
shipped in the price is marked UKP 1499 but I am happy to report I got it
for considerably less than half that. Can someone help me out?

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John Brownlow

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