Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]MGMcGough@aol.com wrote: > The early E39 35/3.5 Summaron "M" lenses were produced for the M3, > which had no built-in frameline for 35mm & thus had to be used with an > auxiliary finder. This was amended with the introduction of the M2 (1957) > and in addition the 35mm Summaron was produced with eyes for the M3 > & the cam ground to bring in the proper frame-line on the M2 & later Ms. Mary, The M2 version was modified to bring the 35mm frame lines in the viewfinder. But the M3 version with eyes will still bring the 50mm frame lines in any M camera. The eyes will convert the coverage of the 50mm frames into 35mm. Lucien