Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's strange, because I have no problems using my DR Summicron (with eyes) on my old Wetzar era M6 (bought in 1987), I do have problems on my more recent Solm's built M6HM (Classic). dan c. At 01:37 PM 26-05-03 +0200, Dr.Alexander.Kraus@gmx.de wrote: >Hi Claudio, >the very first Leica M6 (first two or three years of production) had a >somewhat larger shade in front of the metering cell. When the DR-Summicron was >uesd in the normal mode, this shade would hit the "near range part" of the >focussing cam. Thus you were not able to focus to infinity. With my later M6 and I >assume all M6TTL, M7 and MP, this is not a problem any more, since the shade >became a little bit narrower. But I guess even if you have such an early M6 >it would be no big deal to have the old style shade replaced. >Regards, >Alex > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html