Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: AND NOW - SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT!
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 13:39:27 -0500

Not at all. And remember that your M3 can be set to intermediate speeds as
well.

Ken WIlcox

At 11:15 -0600 3/26/0, a fine scholar, C. E. Workman Jr. wrote:

>Enough, already!
>
>I recently acquired an ancient (1954) Summicron collapsible 50mm lens.  I
>intend to use it on my M3 (1955) with an MR meter.  The speed/f.stop scales
>don't match - due to the M3 being produced before the switch to the current
>numbering system.  However, it appears that I can use this combination as
>the dial on the meter and the shutter speed does indicate about a 1/2 stop
>variation on the slower speeds up to 1/250.  Is there anything wrong with
>this approach?
>
>Chuck


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