Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/13

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Subject: [Leica] Summaron eyes
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Fri May 13 17:34:39 2005

It is perfectly usable on other M cameras with the eyes on.

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Ladner <ealadner@comcast.net>
Date: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:39 pm
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summaron eyes

> 
> On May 13, 2005, at 1:23 PM, P2CON@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > However, those of us that have the newer version and don't like 
> the 
> > eyes can
> > still take off the eyes and use the lens by scale-focusing with 
> the 
> > distance
> > markings on the lens.
> 
> Do the eyes affect the rangefinder? I'd always assumed that they 
> were 
> just to adjust the frame lines for 35mm, and that they were 
> removable 
> to allow the lens to be used on the M2.
> 
> Oh, hold on: I just tried it, and it does make a big difference. A 
> distance that reads about twelve feet with the eyes reads eight 
> feet 
> without! So this really is an M3 only lens, at least for using the 
> rangefinder.
> 
> --Eric
> 
> 
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