Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FED 28mm f4.5 lens
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 13:05:34 -0500

At 11:20 AM 2/1/2001 EST, Mark Langer wrote:
>Here's a question for the screwmount mavens in the group.  A friend has
>lent me a FED 28mm f4.5 lens for a while.  As you no doubt know, the
>prewar FED lenses don't mate properly with the rangefinder on a Leica. 
>The lens does scale focus properly when mounted on a Leica.  

That's not necessarily a rigid rule.  Some Prewar FED lenses couple well,
others do not.  Sounds like yours doesn't!

I'd recommend SK Grimes for this, a feinmechanik indeed!

Marc

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