Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Peter, I have heard this report before. My DR mounts and dismounts just fine on my M6TTL and M7 (from the infinity position). I can move the focus past the notch to mount the eyes. But that is as far as it goes. There is interference if I try to focus into the close-up region. I won't force it. I don't see a stop on the eyes. You may have gotten lucky with your mix of hardware. For me it's not a big deal as I have other M bodies that the DR works just fine with. Also I seldom use the DR for close-ups as I prefer the Visoflex with the 65mm Elmar and either the focusing mount or a bellows. I do like the DR as a normal lens, though. Better than my current Summicron. Len On Dec 19, 2006, at 12:28 AM, Peter Klein wrote: > Len: Really? Then how do you explain this picture? > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album225/36RodinLion.jpg.html > Taken with the DR on an M6TTL, in the close-up range, using the > "eyes." I tested these "eyes" right after I bought them, and they > focus just fine throughout the close-up range. > > There are a few M6TTLs which just can't mount the DR, for some > reason. The main bugaboo with most M6TTLs and the DR is that you > need to set the lens to infinity to mount or dismount it. No big > deal once you know that that's how it is. And one version of the > eyes have a metal stop that needs to be removed to mount them. > Half a minute with a screwdriver, easily reversible if needed. > > --Peter > > At 11:42 AM 12/18/2006 -0800, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> > wrote: >> The only other difference between the two bodies that has not been >> mentioned is the M6TTL is not compatible with the Dual Range 50mm >> Summicron in close-up mode (with the eyes attached). It works fine in >> normal mode. >> >> So if you don't plan on using a TTL flash like the SF20 or SF24. >> Don't plan on using a DR Summicron in close-up mode, don't mind the >> direction of the exposure arrows and gain a meter "off" position on >> the shutter dial, the cameras are the same. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information