Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Stephen, Thanks for the reply. I'll see of my dealer will do loan for a weekend. I'll keep the group posted if I can move ahead with this trial. Interesting, the reviews I have read on the Contax G1+G2 speak of the Hologon but even the reviewers haven't had the chance to use it and write about it. Best regards, Richard Clompus At 07:50 AM 1/31/97 -0800, you wrote: >Richard Clompus wrote: >> >> Dear Leica Users, >> >> I am considering the purchase of a Zeiss Hologon - wide angle now available >> for the Contax and then have it modified for my M6. Has any one out there >> actually used this lens? I would like to try one for a weekend but haven't >> asked my dealer for a loaner on a Contax. >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> Richard Clompus >> Pennsylvania, USA > >The lens has had great test reviews in the magazines, although I >have no experience with it. > >The cost of a conversion has been excessive, more than the cost of a M6 >body! > >Unless you can get a great deal on the conversion, it would be much >cheaper, as well as more versatile, if you just kept a Contax body for >that lens. > >Stephen Gandy > >