Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 3, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Phil wrote: > Close range does not work on a modified DR. On an unmodified lens. you > can mount the lens in close focus mode and use it with goggles > just fine if you don't want to permanently change it. > > It's not the curved swoosh, is the whole close range cam follower > which is ground down. Afterwards the lens can physically be pulled out > to close-focus mode but there is no rangefinder coupling. So the lens > becomes a chrome rigid summicron after modification. > > You CAN take the optical unit from the DR and transplant it into a > focusing unit of a rigid if you happen to find one with ugly optics. > This is what I did so as not to permanently modify my favorite lens. agree with Phil, Steve > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 01:25:06 -0800 > Tom Schofield <tomschofield at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Could you elaborate? Did you send it out or DIY? Does the close >> range work? Did you just grind down the curved "swoosh" beside the >> RF cam? >> >> Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information