Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frankly, almost any M lens can be used with the CL. The only ones I wouldn't use are the large-diameter ones, like the high speed variety. They unbalance the CL and protrude into the viewfinder area. Since I've never used the CLE, I can't talk about it. The CL is really its own system -- which includes the two lenses made expressly for it. The only 50mm lens I love to use with the CL is the 50mm 2.8 Elmar, any model year you can afford. My CL has a frame for the 50mm which the 50mm Elmar activates. While on the subject, were Leica Solms or Minolta to reintroduce the CL/CLE, there would be thousands of au courant buyers. These great compacts completely outclass in quality anything that followed, including the present expensive compact interchangeable lens AF's recently discussed. Bob