Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Barnabas wrote: <The 22228 Leica R-to-M adapter, was discontinued some time ago. <Don Chatterton currently lists one for sale at $350. <I have never used one on M6 but be aware of the possibility that <part of the adapter skirt may intrude sufficiently deep (into the <body) so as to obscure the metering diode. Don't use it on a M6 made after 1985-86. There is a plate on the top of the chamber who touch the bayonet of the adapter. Or ask a technician to cut a piece of the bayonet. That adapter was made originally for the Leicina, not for the Leica-M, that's why the bayonet is not exactly the same. Lucien