Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd agree with this - according to Brian Bower's books, the M2, M3, M4, and M6 will happily accept collapsible lenses. The M5 and CL won't because of the metering arm Regards Mark Pope Swindon, Wilts UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- From: "williamhu99" <williamhu99@yahoo.com.tw> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 25 October 2001 06:25 Subject: Re: [Leica] 50/3.5 on M6TTL > Hi, > Yes, it is OK to fit Elmar50/3.5 on M6. And it is OK > to collapse it. But do not collapse the whole lens > into CL. It will KISS the metering arm inside CL. My > method is to use some tape to wrap the lens barrel. > This can prevent the lens to collapse into CL too > much. > > William Hu > > --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> ¼g¹D¡G> Is it > ok to collapse a Elmar 50/3.5 on a M6TTL? > > I know it's a problem on the M5 and CL, because > > of the meter arm. It just looks like it would go > > awfuly far in to the body... > > > > > > thanks, > > > > feli > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > "It's truly one of those shows where you just keep > > expecting Allen Funt > > to come bursting out from behind some 2-way mirror > > and explain that > > you've been on candid camera for 3 years." > > -Ethan Ormsby on the status > > of production, 1999 > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor * > > DIGITAL DOMAIN > > feli@d2.com * Ext. 3074 > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > < ¨C¤Ñ³£ Yahoo!©_¼¯ > www.yahoo.com.tw > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html