Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M4-2 arrives...
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:24:01 -0600
References: <20040311130353.GA9564@ytti.fi> <6.0.1.1.2.20040315142533.025d0e30@pop.runbox.com> <003701c40ad3$cbeed260$260e6951@jackiespc>

Joe, John, and John,

Thanks for the reply. I guess I should be thankful that the previous owner 
did not make notations with pen or pencil. :-0  It's probably moot...I have 
over 400 rolls of ISO 400 film.

Jeffery


At 03:23 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote:
>It's the same on the M4-P and from the instruction manual:
>
>"Film indicator (takes ball-pen writing) with DIN/ASA comparison scale"
>
>Joe Chan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:30 PM
>Subject: [Leica] Leica M4-2 arrives...
>
>
> > My excellent + Leica M4-2 arrived this morning. Very nice build, and nice
> > attention to detail (wrinkle finish inside the film compartment!). Seems a
> > bit strange seeing "Canada" printed on the back, but no more strange than
> > seeing "Voigtlander Germany" on the back of my Japanese RFs.
> >
> > For those who have had M4-2 bodies in the past (Ted?), there is a circular
> > scale on the back with ASA and DIN. Is these just a conversion chart?
>There
> > seems to be no way to rotate it to tip you off as to which film use are
>using.
> >
> > Jeffery
> >
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In reply to: Message from clogz@ytti.fi (Juha Immonen) ([Leica] Leica R to Canon FD adapter?)
Message from Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> ([Leica] Leica M4-2 arrives...)