Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 11 January 2001, Jim Brick wrote: > > From the rear of the lens, two fixed (they don't move) metal ramp (sloped) > cams, one on each side of the rear element (very prominent, can't miss > them), the third cam is a square metal block (between the two ramp cams) > that when you move it, it opens up the diaphragm. > > Two ramps and a movable square block. > > Jim Jim, I think what you're describing as the 3rd cam is what Randy calls the aperture control lever. As I understand it, Randy wants to know how to determine if the 3rd metering cam is present. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/