[Leica] M8 question

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 10:50 PM +0000 7/5/07, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>The current collapsible 90 Elmar is safe as it does not collapse 
>into the body.  All others you need to modify with Dymo or some 
>other tape/device to keep them from poking into the shutter/sensor.
>
>Gene


No, Gene, that's not true. As I mentioned below, all collapsible 
lenses are fine and none protrude into the body far enough to come 
close to the shutter, with the possible exception of the old 
collapsible 90 Elmar.

Leica's pronouncements on this are incorrect.


>-------------- Original message from Henning Wulff 
><henningw@archiphoto.com>: --------------
>
>
>>  >> Watch out for the collapsible 90 Elmar. Everything else is OK.
>>  >
>>  >Um, I think you mean the collapsible 90 Elmar is the only
>>  >collapsible lens for which you do NOT have to worry.
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>>  No, actually I think the collapsible 90 Elmar is the lens that
>>  protrudes furthest into the body when collapsed. The other lenses are
>>  definitely OK to use on the M8. I'm referring to the old, 60's Elmar,
>>  not the new Macro-Elmar.
>>
>>  I really shouldn't state that the collapsible 90 Elmar protrudes too
>>  far; I don't have one and don't know that it would cause problems but
>>  it does protrude further into the body than any collapsible 50. I
>>  don't know of any other lens that can cause a problem. Even the
>>  21/3.4 SA and the Hologon are fine; I've checked both.


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