Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have included the message text below yours. Read it again. He is saying that the original "Hologon" was made by Contax and fitted to their OWN fixed focus body. Later it was made in a scale focusing mount for an M camera. John Collier > From: "MEL LEVY" <mlevy10@hotmail.com> > > Henning Wulff wrote; > The Hologon lense made for Leica is fixed focus. > I have one that has adjustable focus like any other lense. Huge depth of > field though. Not necessary to focus much. It was made by Zeiss for leica. > Is mine special? > Mel Levy newslinex@aol.com > The Hologon lenses are not the same; the 15 Hologon as made for Leica was made by Zeiss at first in the fixed focus, fixed lens Hologon camera that was actually part of the Contarex system (same interchangeable back) and hasn't been made since the early 70's. The 16mm Hologon for the Contax G is new. The new Hologon is better.