Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are correct. If you have a non-goggled lens, you can file the appropriate bayonet ear shorter to have the 35mm frame come up. Quite a few lenses have had this done already. John Collier > From: William Gower <w.gower@home.com> > > I'm looking at a nice used 35/3,5 Summaron that has no goggles, but brings > up the 50 frame on my M2. This must be one of the early Summarons prior to > the goggled ones. > > If my memory serves me correctly, if you "de-goggle" a M3 goggled Summaron, > it WON'T focus correctly on a M2-M6. > > *but* a non-goggled M3 Summaron should focus correctly irrespective of the M > camera it's mounted on - just the frames will be incorrect. > > Is this correct ?? >