Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: User question: focus tab on 50
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 08:11:48 -0700
 
Tom Abrahamsson has, and a couple of years ago I queried Leica and they
said that they could.

Jim

At 09:59 AM 10/4/99 -0400, Rob Schneider-Laura Tully wrote:
>
>A few days ago someone asked if anyone had ever installed a
>focusing tab on a current 50mm Summicron-M.  I never saw an
>answer, so I'll ask the question again:
>
>Has anyone ever installed a focusing tab on the current
>(collapsible lens shade) 50mm Summicron-M?  The previous design
>(Canada!) had a tab, and I would assume that the focusing ring
>for the two lenses would be identical, since they are optically
>the same lens (plus they both seem to have the same, short,
>snappy, near-far focus throw).
>
>Rob Schneider
>
>