Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] adapter ring
From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:42:29 -0800
References: <a05010400b819ee3f1278@[63.59.121.241]> <3BF4419E.62AC290@ubi.edu>

>"G. Michael Paine" wrote:
>
>>  I've just got my Voigtlander 28/1.9 and Leica adapter. The adapter is
>>  marked M3 28-50. Yet when clipped in I do not get the 28mm Bright
>>  Line.
>>  Has anyone had this problem with this adapter ring?
>>
>
>Michael,
>
>You need a  90 adapter.
>
>90 frames are coupled with the 28 frames in a M6.
>
>There was no 28mm frames in a M3 (not before the M4-P in 1980).
>
>In order to have the less possible frames in the finder, the engraved the
>adapter like that in that time for the 28/5,6 screw mount, wich needed a
>separate finder anyway.
>
>Lucien
>
But then why does my adapter have engraved on it M3 28-50, it also 
has on it, M2 50. And Leica is saying they do not make a 28-90 
adapter.
The plot thickens.
Regards.
Michael
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