Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm thinning out my gear to make funds for a b&w printer. For sale is a CV Nokton 40mm f1.4 lens, single-coated version, with matching LH-5 hood, original caps and box (upper part of foam missing). The M-mount is modified to bring up the 35mm framelines of a M6. As the 35mm framelines are quite conervatively inside the 35mm filed of view, the 40mm field of view fills it almost perfectly. Framing seemed much more precise to me on the M6 than with a 35mm lens. The lens has have a lot of use in the 2? years I owned it thus there are some tiny usage marks on hood and barrel. The glass is clean, aperture and focus rings go smoothly (focus was quite stiff in the beginning). The front part of the lens has a very, very small rotating tolerance, not an uncommon issue with that lens. It does not affect picture quality. I mention it even if many would never notice it. I sell it because it has had less use since I bought the R-D1, where the crop factor made a 60mm out of it. But on a film rangefinder it combines sharpness, speed and compactness perfectly. Asking $325 (OBO) including hood; plus actual shipping costs. (New price was $399+$45). Didier Pictures: http://mogool.com/transfer/nokton_1.jpg http://mogool.com/transfer/nokton_2.jpg http://mogool.com/transfer/nokton_3.jpg :NO ARCHIVE: