Focus ring turns below minumum

sakebalboa

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I couldn't find a thread on this maybe you guys can help me out. I was shooting something close up today and noticed that I could go below the stamped minimum distance on my 40mm summicron. When I got home I popped on my 50mm and the same thing happened! Is this the norm? I've never paid attention to this in 10 years of shooting and its driving me :bang: now. I did plan on sending in my 50 to Sherry as the aperture ring has stopped clicking, maybe now I have to send in my 40 too?

I've attached an image below to illustrate what's going on:

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Neither of my Leica M-mount lenses goes that far below minimum focus. Just checked my 35mm Summicron, minimum is between the dot of "0.7" and the right half of the "0".
 
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