Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jonathan- My Summar, from 1937, is the same way! It is normal- I believe they changed the aperture sometime after the war. I had a Summitar with the same configuration, and one with the nearly round aperture, and really couldn't tell a difference.... Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan Boulter <jonathan_boulter@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 1:42 AM 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 > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com