Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rigid mount lens
From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 20:51:05 -0500
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGEEPDHMAA.tim@KairosPhoto.com> <392C8012.63F9DF69@prodigy.net>
 
It could be either.  It generally refers to the non-collapsible 50mm
Summicron that replaced the collapsible Summicron.  I suppose the vast
majority of the Rigid Summicrons are bayonet mounts but I believe some were
available in thread mounts as well.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ebert Steele" <k5cad@prodigy.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rigid mount lens


>
> Can someone tell me, when a Leitz lens is referred to as a "rigid
> mount" does that mean that it is a screw mount or bayonet mount?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ebert Steele
>
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