Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 16 August 2000, "Paul Bolam" wrote: > > Anyone know an easy way of removing the specs from this lens? > > I use it on an M3 and have found that the specs are a bit unnecessary as the > M3 viewfinder is already pretty close to a 35mm angle of view (well, good > enough for my purposes). > > So, in an attempt to minimise weight and bulk, I unscrewed the retaining bar > on the lens and tried to pull off the specs. Unfortunately, the specs > decided that they preferred to stay attached to the lens and I gave it up as > a bad job. > > The specs may have won the first round but I ain't giving up! The spectacles can be unscrewed when you set your distance at infinity. However, if you remove the spectacles, focussing is accurate only at infinity.