Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Probably, The Serial number is 3083012, it is from Leitz Canada. This is what I am talking about: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/50Summicron-R.jpg.html On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Ali Yazdi wrote: > > >I bought a Summicron-r 50 from Ebay. It has been delivered to me > yesterday. > >I have a question. When I close the aperture rining , it will go to 16 > and > >goes one and half tick(step) further, which is strange because the max > >number for this lens is 16. My R9 viewfinder just remains on 16 but from > >what I can see the aperture is closing . > > > >Does anybody have any comment about this? If this is a normal thing for > >Summicron-r 50? It is a ROM version. > > Sounds like the rear light/dust baffle is missing or damaged. The rear > light baffle on many R lenses limits the aperture ring's travel. Was the > lens converted to ROM from another cam configuration? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >