Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the collapsible elmar?
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Fri Jan 19 15:37:42 2007
References: <82c9dd70701191521r60014820ob9e8499128b42d28@mail.gmail.com>
 
Eric,

Leica says the only collapsible lens that won't damage the M8 is the  
90mm Micro-Elmar.  I wouldn't risk anything else.

Len


On Jan 19, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Eric Korenman wrote:

> I would love to use a collapsible 50mm elmarit on my M8 but checking
> into this suggests that collapsibles are a big no-no.
> IE, the back of the lens may hit the shutter.
>
> Is this so? I don't want to push it and break my M8.
>
> thanks,
> Eric
>
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In reply to: Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] M8 and the collapsible elmar?)