Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M3 has three framelines but the 50 is always visible. The 90 or 135 framelines are toggled in when those lenses are mounted. So any lens under 50 is easier to use with as few frames as possible in the finder; ergo, the 50mm frameline set. So early 21mm, 28mm and 35mm lenses all brought up the 50 frameline set. With the arrival of the M2 and later cameras things got a little complicated so adapters were marked with both M3 and M2 designations. If you are using the 28mm lens on a M3 then the adapter you have is the one you want. If you are using it on a M2 through M4-2 it will work fine as well. You may want the 35 frame but it will bring up the 135 frame as well in the M5/4/-2 cameras. With the M4-P and newer cameras, and earlier 0.72x cameras upgraded with the six frameline set, you want the 90 adapter as the 28 and 90 frameline sets are paired together. John Collier > From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net> > >>> "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. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html