Re: M6 and Duel Range Mystery Solved?

[wilcox@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)]

>There has a lot of LUG traffic about the 50/2 Duel Range Summicron on
>the M6.  Some users report it works, some don't.
>
>This morning I was talking about the early M6 I had found and was told
>out of the blue that the early version of the M6 will not mount the
>early version of the DR.  He said that the original M6 light baffle
>shroud  did not have cut outs in it to allow the mounting.  Later M6's
>have these cut outs and will mount the lens, or earlier M6's can be
>modified.  This is exactly what I found comparing the early and late
>M6's.
>
> The shroud I am talking about is immediately behind the lens mount.  On
>the early M6's the shroud is round all the way around, except for the
>top for the RF coupling.  On the later M6's, the shroud has cut outs
>into its outside edges corresponding to the four corners of the film
>gate.
>
>Does this make sense to everyone?
>
>Stephen Gandy

This works for me. I just went and checked my M6 had it has these cutouts
and it works fine with my later DR.

kw

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