Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, the Macro-Switar is a part of an Alpa 11si outfit. I've never mounted it to anything else except Optikos' MTF optical test bench. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:48 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit >I guess my question then becomes..... > > Seth, what camera did/do you mount the Makro Kilar to? > An ALPA? Leica M / LTM? > > And, if a LTM or other M, how do you focus it? Zone focus for the worlds' > top Macro lens? ( which seems very unlikely...) > Is it used for close up only, where the sliding focus gadget make this > practical? > > Or, as I said, is it used on the ALPA camera of choice? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > here are >> adapters to fit the 50mm Macro-Switar to Leica M cameras; our friend Tom >> Abrahamsson has used one on one of his M2's and if I recall, one can see >> a > >> photo of this lash-up on Steve Gandy's Cameraquest site. >> >> Seth > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1876 - Release Date: 1/5/2009 9:44 AM