Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 23, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > The contemporary thanks Frank... do you mean the contemporary from then or now.... ? Steve > rigid Summicron is identical to the DR, apart from the close focus > arrangement. If you like the look so much why not get one of those > as well? > Frank > > On 23 Jun, 2007, at 08:29, Peter Klein wrote: > >> Steve: That was me. I had the idea of getting a cheap Rigid >> Summicron with bad glass and the correct focal length marked >> inside. The DR and Rigid lens heads unscrew from the mounts, so I >> thought I could put my DR lens head in the rigid mount for the M8, >> and still have the close range on film. I asked DAG about it, and >> he said that the mounts were different and it wouldn't work. But >> he also said that he could cut off the close focus part of the >> cam, and then it would work in the normal range on the M8. >> >> The unmodified DR does work in close-focus range on the M8. I >> know for sure, because I've tried it. When it's set in the normal >> range, the close-focus half of the cam sticks out too far, and it >> hits something inside the body when you try to mount it. I have >> read about this, and I have decided to believe it and not try it >> myself. :-) >> >> I'm still thinking about whether to have DAG do the "operation." >> It will depend on how much I like the 67mm equivalent length the >> 50mm turns into on the M8. And whether I want to desecrate a >> sacred object. Funny that I feel this way--I've used the close >> range all of twice since I got the lens. But another DR was my >> first Leica lens, way back in 1970. I really love how the DR >> draws, how it's made, how it feels. And it's a Wetzlar product >> from the Golden Age. So I'm reluctant to give the lens a >> "vasectomy" unless I'd really use it a lot on the M8. >> >> Decision postponed while I experiment with my other 50s. >> >> --Peter >> >> At 02:29 PM 6/21/2007 -0700, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> recall hearing that the cron 50mm DR can be modified, >>> so that it can be used on the M8 body... >>> maybe that was reported here... >>> if someone can substantiate this, and give me details, I'd >>> appreciate >>> it... >>> >>> thanks, Steve >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information