[Leica] collapsible lenses on the M8...?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 12:45 PM -0700 2/27/08, Steve Barbour wrote:
>On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>
>>>  Anyone out there using collapsible lenses on their M8, like me?
>>>
>>>  so what do you use to keep them from collapsing?
>>>
>>>  Yeah, yeah....I know, rubber bands...so what else is out there 
>>>that will work,
>>>
>>>  and guarantee that they won't collapse,  and screw the pooch?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Anything?
>>>
>>>
>>>  thanks, Steve
>>>
>>
>>  Just let them collapse. The only one that _might_ have a problem 
>>is the 90/4 (I haven't tried that). All the others are fine.
>
>
>no kidding Henning... !  We are under the false ! impression 
>(created by Leica) that you can't use collapsibles on the M8....
>
>
>thanks, Steve

Hi Steve,

I checked clearances early on, and the only lens I have that I 
wouldn't put on the M8 is my Hologon. Even the old collapsible Nickel 
Elmar I tried recently can be collapsed and still have about 4mm 
clearance. The 2.8 Elmars and f/2 lenses don't collapse as much, so 
there is even more clearance from the shutter.


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