Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shallow rear M lens cap?
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:14:06 -0400
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20011025004931.009fd050@pop.2alpha.net>

The shallow caps also have three notches on the bottom that engage with the
LTM to bayonet adaptor allowing the adaptor to be easily removed from the
camera body.

dan c.

At 01:11 PM 25-10-01 +0100, Bob Parsons wrote:
>Peter,
>
>The few shallow "pancake" rear M lens caps I have are marked Leitz
>and are on lenses I bought perhaps 30 years ago. The outside depth is
>13mm plus 1mm for three very small feet. Internal clearance between
>the back of the four locking lugs on the lens bayonet and the inside rear
>of the cap is 4-5mm. The caps are made of a polystyrene like material
>rather than the later polyethylene ones.
>
[snip]
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