Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23
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Hi Jonathan,
I messed with my Summar once and the aperture diaphragm became
square! There's nothing quite like the terror of watching those
fragile looking leaves unintentionally spill across your desk! I
finally got it back together some months later: at this time it's
hexagonal.
I hope i never have to "fix" it again!
Take care,
Gary
At 12:01 AM -0700 23/8/99, Jonathan wrote:
>Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:42:55 PDT
>From: "Jonathan Boulter" <jonathan_boulter@hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Leica] summar
>
>Hi Everybody,
>
>I recently got an old 50mm Summar and was wondering about the iris: Mine
>seems to have 12 blades, but is hexagonal. Is this normal, or has someone
>messed with it at some point?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jonathan Boulter
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