Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The serial # is 836XXX... Please point me in the right direction and I'll check... Yes, I did some test shots on my M2 with the 90 without the visoflex, and it's fine... Thanks.. > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:23:23 -0400 > To: lug at leica-users.org > From: marcsmall at comcast.net > Subject: Re: [Leica] Visoflex III Question > > At 06:20 PM 3/16/2009, Gary Dalton wrote: > > > >It's an Elmar f=90 1:4... > > It might help if you shared the serial > number. The 4/9cm or 4/90 Elmar was produced in > a long production run of four-element lenses > which were superseded in the middle 1960's for a > short run of three-element lenses using specialty > glasses. Without looking it up, I cannot be > certain, but I recall that the lens head on the > 3-element lens was not removeable while that on the 4-element lens is. > > In any event, you ought to be able to use the > lens directly on your M camera with the M adapter > without the need for a Visoflex intervention. > > Marc > > > msmall at aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009