Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm lens without focus lever?
From: Michael Garmisa <elmar@webreach.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:40:29 -0500 (EST)

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote:

> Jim, I had Reinhod do mine on the 50/2 and i did my own installation on one of
> my 50/2,8's. It is quite easy, todays new super expoxys will hold just about
> anything to anything else. I remember putting a 50 Summilux-M in a vise and
> drilling and tapping a fitting on it. This allowed me to raid an old stereo
> recciever for a knurled screw and to use that for a focussing lever. Not the
> "Leica-look" but it worked and thats the most important part of it.
> Tom A
> 
I wonder if i did that and drilled through the lens if leica would replace
it under teh 3 year passport warantee, assuming of course that i didn't
drill through the sn :)


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