Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Minolta 800mm lens
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:47:30 -0700
 
At 02:22 PM 4/20/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a chance to buy a Minolta 800mm Rokkor-X mirror lens in a fixed 
>Leica reflex mount.  I've never seen or heard of one of these things.  Does 
>anyone have an opinion about it (stupid question, to *this* group )?  ;-) 
> Is the lens any good? Is it worth the $500 its owner is asking? I'll be 
>using it with an R4 andn SL2.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

>From what I've heard this is a pretty good lens. Sold for over a thousand in
Canada when I was living up there back in the early 80s if I remember correctly.
Eric Welch
Grants Pass Daily Courier