Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What Russian/east German len
From: Steve Echols <steve@mvillage.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:34:31 -0600

>
>It occurred to me that there could be a relatively simle way of testing some
>of these erratic quality lenses and avoiding duds like Tom A's 20mm Russar
>problem.
>Take along a (Leica) screw mount focussing screen, these were made by a
>variety of manufacturers, and a magnifying device, a 8-10x lupe would do.
>Then you can check for correct image and focussing on the groundglass at
>both infinity and close focusing distance.

>Jem

What is this thing, and where can I buy one??
thanks
Steve