Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] wideangle problem and M6
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:15:20 -0500

At 03:07 PM 1999-02-04 -0000, Doug McClernon wrote:
>Given the discuss of true wide angle and retro-focus lenses  leads me to ask
>in anyone has any experience with the USSR made ( sorry Marc if I go the
>country wrong - it's the one with the bent line through the trapezium as a
>logo) 20mm PYCCAP f/5.6 lens on an M6. I have this lens and viewfinder
>almost permanently on my IIIF and have used it successfully with the M
>adapter on my M4-P. I am wondering if the rearward projection into the
>camera body  will interfere with the M6's meter cell.

The Russar MR-2 5.6/20 is Russian, being a product of the KMZ works outside
of Moscow.  Mine mounts and meters without a hitch on my early Wetzlar M6.

Marc

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