Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon LTM 135/3.5 on M3?
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:44:55 -0500 (EST)

Lovely combination.  Used it for a while.  The black lens is more fun.
The M3 135 frameline is still smaller than I would have liked, but vastly
superior to the accessory turret viewfinders.

Cheers
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Dante Stella

On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Douglas Cooper wrote:

> Has anyone here ever shot with a 135/3.5 Canon LTM mounted on a Leica M3?
> Wondering how that combination would be.  I used to have this lens on a
> IIIf, with the Russian turret finder on top, but I never could frame things
> with any kind of accuracy.  I no longer have that lens -- it was in black --
> but I'm thinking of getting an earlier chrome 135/3.5, which is supposed to
> be optically identical (and will match the M3).
> 
> Also, while we're at it, what precise magnification does the rangefinder
> window of a IIIc give you?  (Not the 50mm frame, but the actual focusing
> window.)  I seem to remember it's right for a 75-80mm lens; is this correct?
> 
>