Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is a good lens but was designed for the Leitz/Minolta CL. The CL lenses had a different, steeper lens focusing cam than normal M lenses. The CL camera, which does not have to focus f1.0 lenses, has a simpler, shorter based rangefinder mechanism. The M cameras' rangefinder is fine tuned by adjusting the length of the roller arm which means that it can be in a slightly different position horizontally from one camera to another. The short ending to the long story is that quite often the M camera's rangefinder will not couple to a CL lens correctly. Point the combination at a point at least two miles away and, if everything lines up OK at infinity, it should be fine. If it does couple correctly, bear in mind that it may not work so well with your next body. John Collier > From: "Jim Olson" <jim862@hotmail.com> > > I have a chance to buy the above lens at a good price. Im new to leica and > just got an m6 with a new 35 mm 2.0 . Does anyone have any experience with > the above 90 mm lens.