Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/10

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Subject: Re: Fw: CL vs M Lens Mount compatibility
From: "Brian Levy" <dlevy@worldy.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:00:00 +0000
 
The CL in either Leica or Minolta guise has a Leica Mount and the 
Minolta CLE has a Leica compatable mount. The CL had some lens 
restrictions beceause of the swinging metering arm and the 
rangefinder. The CLE didn't use the swinging arm, but still had the 
viewfinder/rangefinder limitations.

>  Can someone point me to past discussions on the Leica CL lensmount
>  compatibility with M mount lenses.
> The subject of interest is the old story that Minolta cameras had a
> "different" mount than did Leica on the CL/CLE cameras. 
> 
> > Thank You
> > Frank Filippone
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
Brian Levy, J.D.
Scarborough Ont.