Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] shotgun wedding or marriage made in heaven?
From: Harrison Mcclary <harrison@mcclary.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:08:04 -0500

once upon a time Guy Bennett wrote:

> strictly for curiosity seekers, freak show fans and snake oil sippers:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=313246419
> 
> like the poet said about eternity - check it out!

How would one focus the thing?  Contax G lenses are only AF, no manual.  And
how does it couple to the rangefinder.  Would it not be much more expensive
to convert a contax G AF only lens to mount and work with a leica m than it
would be to simply buy a 28 elmarit?
- -- 
Harrison McClary
http://www.mcclary.net