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, Vick Ko wrote: > > What's the first cam? Or are there 2 "second ramped" cams, > which make up cams #1 and #2, and the stepped thing is > cam #3? > > Vick There are 2 ramped cams. The first one, originally for the Leicaflex Standard, is at the top position on the lens mount. Cam #2 is a similar ramped cam at the bottom of the lens mount. This was for the Leicaflex SL and SL2. The 3rd cam is the stepped thing next to #2. I have seen one lens (21mm Super-Angulon-R f/4.0) where the 2nd and 3rd cams are made from a single piece of metal; in all other lenses I've seen they're two pieces. I gotta post some jpgs of the cams some day, with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back describing each one... 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/