Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:27 AM 3/31/98 +0000, Jem Kime wrote: > >As far as I know, 2 teleconverters were made for the Leica, >Russia made one, in screw mount, which was fairly basic and rare, >and Komura made the other in a much more professional way... >It was their famous Telemore II, sold in many other camera mounts. Jem The Soviet unit is actually Ukrainian, not Russian. I own one, and dissent from your comments -- mine is much more finely made than the rather crude Komura and is a world ahead optically. It's fun to hook it up to a 2/85 CZJ Sonnar and pop away with a 4/170 lens, which is about the limit of the VF for accuracy. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!