Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:56 PM 3/15/2001 +0800, Cummer Family wrote: >I think it interesting the Bessa T rangefinder is 1.5 times magnification - >just like the rangefinders on the old Leica LTMs going all the way back to >the Leica III of 1933. I have a question - what was the rangefinder length >of the LTM Leicas with built in rangefinders of 1.5X magnification? Stephen >Gandy points out that the Bessa T has a rangefinder effective base length >of 58mm and I wonder how that compares with old LTM Leicas. I have searched >Laney's Leica Collectors Guide but he seems silent on the rangefinder >length of the old LTMs. I suspect that this chart will come out garbled a bit, but here goes: early Contax I 103mm 0.9X? 92.7mm? later Contax I 93mm 0.9X? 83.7mm? Contax II/III 93mm 0.75X 69.75mm Contax IIa/IIIa 73mm 0.66X 48.18mm Leica II 38mm 1.0X 38mm Leica III - IIIg 38mm 1.5X 57mm Leica IV 60mm 0.9X 54mm Leica M3 69.25mm 0.92X 63.71mm Leica M2/M4/M6 69.25mm 0.72X 49.86mm Leica M6J & M6HM 69.25mm 0.85X 58.86mm Kodak Ektra 105mm ? ? Kodak Retina RF ? ? ? Voigtländer Prominent 40mm? 0.55X? 22mm? Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!