Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In James Lager's book on lenses (page 202), there are pictures of both Summicron 90 versions. One (1965) lens closes left to F/22 and the other (1967) closes right to F/22. Before the M6 this were trivial differences, but today, using the 1965 version you will have to turn the aperture ring in the opposite direction that the arrow in the M6 finder tells you to. Well, I can live with that, although awkward. - - I just wonder why Leitz produced these different versions. What were the logical reasons for it in those days? On the question about the plastic bottom cover: I ripped it off as I unpacked my camera for the first time. I don't think a preserved bottom plate will bring in many cents when selling the camera. Used is used, and wear is inevitable. Among my friends in the local Leica club, there is only one who keeps the plastic cover, but he loves buying/selling/trading more than taking photographs, and has different bodies almost every month. /Hans > >I think you will find that the aperture ring turns same way as others for >max and min stops. The difference is that the dot is on the moving part and >the scale is on the fixed part so it looks as though it is the wrong way >round. I had one once and it fooled me at first. >Mike >