Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, >>You must have looked at the large version of the Nokton <g>. Mine is smaller than the Summilux. Maybe you looked at one with the hood and lenscap on. The lenscap fits over the hood, and _that_ combo looks larger. << You may be right about that. It was several days ago that I looked at the Nokton. It appeared to be larger than my 50 Summilux. My Summilux does not have a built in hood, and it's a bit smaller than the version with built in hood. Certainly, given the price, the Nokton looks like a nice lens. I believe you have a 15 Heliar, as well. Do you use it on an M with a BM to LTM adaptor, or do you use an LTM body? And if you use an adaptor does the Heliar screw down enough that the top of the lens -- as marked by the aperture dot -- is exactly vertical? Fully tightened my Heliar is about about one-eight inch from top dead center. I have an old BM to LTM adaptor. It's for 50 but it works for the Heliar, as well. The Heliar obviously doesn't use framelines in the viewfinder. With any lens other than the Heliar I wouldn't even be concerned. But the Heliar lens shade (if you can call it that) isn't square with the body unless the aperture dot is exactly vertical. It probably doesn't hurt anything, but I'm just curious. The Heliar is the only Voigtlander lens I've used. David