Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And CL. The instructions originated from Leitz and have been reprinted in each and every catalogue since the M5 and CL came out. John Collier Mike Durling wrote: > That was the Leica Manual, 15th edition, 1975. It recommends 3/4 > inch tape on most collapsible lenses, but says that with the 50/2.5 > Hektor you could get away with 1/2 inch tape. > > Like Sonny says, that is for the M5. For the M8 your results may > vary : > > Sonny Carter wrote: >> Somewhere in Leica literature, there is a fix to keep the lens >> from being >> collapsed to far. It was to use dymo labeler tape around the >> barrel to keep >> it from backing into the M5 sensor. >> >> Jeffery Smith wrote: >>> >>> One of the things I like about collapsible lenses is....they are >>> collapsible! I don't think the Heliar will bottom out. I hope >>> not, at >>> least. >>> It doesn't bottom out in a CV Bessa, and an Elmar does, as does the >>> Hexanon. >>> >>> GREG LORENZO Sent: >>> >>> Before mounting, open lens fully, apply electrical tape to lens >>> barrel, >>> sleep more easily at night.