Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There should be no problem mounting either lens. Send it to Gerry at Kindermann and he will be able to fix you up. It would help if you could send the offending lens as well. John Collier On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 09:21 PM, Robert Beaudoin wrote: > It certainly was pleasant to meet fellow Leica enthusiasts this > afternoon. Indeed it is nice to be able to put faces on familiar (and > not so familiar) names. > > In my particular case there was one bummer tho, the 90mm APO Summicron > would not mount properly (as in lock) on my M5. Mr. Matson looked at > the > mismatch and confirmed that it had something to do with different > tolerances on older bodies (my camera...) and newer lenses. Had me > wondering how tolerant a new purchaser would be after signing the cheque > only to find out that the lens won t mount. Same thing also happened > with the 21! Bummer. > > Question; has this happend to any lugger out there, new M lenses that > do not lock properly on older cameras? Solution? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html