Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] After Market Lenses for Leica
From: "Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:21:07 +0000

On  3 Dec 98 at 10:10, the erudite Marc James Small wrote:

> At 09:52 PM 1998-12-02, David wrote:
> >
> > Once I asked about the Kilfitt lenses in the Leica mount, I decided to
> >bother LUG members with questions on the after market lenses in the Leica
> >mount.  Other than the Kilfitt, Nikkor and Canon lenses, what else is worth
> >trying?  I remember Accura, Acall, Tenar and Schneider to name a few by the
> >independent lens makers.  I have seen some Tenar lenses for sale with
> >pretty high prices.  I understand that most of these are in LTM.
> >
> There are several hundred after-market lenses for the LTM system. 
[snip]

> A relatively good list can be found in "HPR" (Hans P Rajner), LEICA
> COPIES.

Now, Marc, you should have also mentioned your own "Non-Leitz LEICA 
Thread Mount Lenses: A 39mm Diversity."  But you didn't. So I did.
   Roy C. Zartarian
   "A prophet is not without honor except in his
    own land and among his own people"

Written with the assistance of a labrador retriever whose chin is on the key board. All typos are his fault.