Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] re: putting a focusing tab on a lens
From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 15:49:12 -0500

>I talked to Kinderman Leica a few years ago about this and they said it
>would be physically possible but to their knoweldge no one had actually
>performed such a thing before.  Their suggestion was to sell the 50 and buy
>the previous version with focus tab and detachable hood. 

i know for a fact (having seen with my very own eyes) that sal dimarco has
had focusing tabs added to several of his lenses, AND the most clever thing
about it is that he has it set so that when the tab is in the 6:00 position
(straight down) the lens is focused for 10 feet.

so dang clever!

kc
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