Removing Close-up Rangefinder Attachment from M3

Howdie. I inherited this M3 from my father's Leica collection, and it has a close-up attachment that I can't

figure out how to remove. Can someone tell me how to dismount it?

 

Thank you.

Grab it by the two little handles and pull it AWAY from the front of the camera. It's a dual range lens, and after you get the "eyes" off, you'll need to pull out on the lens and rotate it back into it's normal focusing range. Be gentle and don't force anything. you'll see how it works as you go.

Great lens! Vic

Not sure exactly what it is you're removing, Tom, but if you're removing "goggles" (sometimes referred to as "eyes") then you might want to see <a href=http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00GHSg>this thread</a>.

if you're removing the close up goggles from a summicron dr, you need to focus it as far as possible (it would be in close up mode, so that's not all that far), remove the goggles, pull out the focusing ring, move the metal box over the focus index mark (that is, so that the lens will focus towards infinity).. see cameraquest's site on the matter... (http://www.cameraquest.com/m50dr.htm)

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keyword is, "DONTFORCE!"

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if you're unmounting something else... ehemm. ,-)

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best of luck...

Thanks everyone. I'm not sure what "goggles" are. To me it looks like a close-up rangefinder

attachment. There are the two gripping handles protruding out just above the lens, but when

I pull on them, the attachment only moves about 2-3 millimeters. It feels like something

needs to be disengaged for it to release. More suggestions? Is this the same as a goggle?

It's a 50 mmm 1.2 summicron, if that matters.

OK, yes these are goggles. I googled summicron goggles and there it was. I'll go back to that

thread and try to figure it out.

 

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OK, that thread was about goggles but did not tell how to remove them. Maybe this one is

stuck for some reason. Is there a little bearing-like knob beneath the goggles, attached to

the top of the lens, that keeps the goggles in place and that is supposed to be disengaged

somehow? Or are the goggles supposed to just slip straight out when pulled on?

 

Thanks

OK, never mind, I got it. I turned the lens all the way to the right and suddenly it just slipped

off effortlessly. Thanks.

When you get the lens back on and get it into it's normal mode, you're going to just love the performance of this great old glass. There's a poll on RFF asking what is the best Summicron for black & white, and the DR wins handily! http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46964 It's my favorite for general photography. I do like the Collapsible for portraits, though.

put a filter on that lens! the front element is very soft and easily scratched

There is a ball detent on the top of the lens that the optical device depresses to allow for the close focusing to work with the focusing ring re positioned. I think that is the resistance you are feeling.-Dick

<i>"put a filter on that lens! the front element is very soft and easily scratched"</i>

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better yet... put a shade on it.