Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24

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Subject: [Leica] PESO: RG Lewis and Leica M frustrations
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:31 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 24 May 2013 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>wrote:

>I suspect that you are going by an email from me, there are primarily two 
>'exotic' spherical lenses which give issues - f1.0 Noctilux and >75mm 
>Summilux both are +30 year old designs. If you use asph or Summarit lenses 
>you are unlikely to have the same issues. I cannot >see the X20 instead of 
>an M ;-)

>I can happily announce that both Noctilux and 75mm Summilux (just back from 
>Solms again) focus perfectly on the M rangefinder

>john
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The X20 is in my price range.  Even if I was able to get a digital M, I 
still would have to use my older M and LTM lenses and couldn't afford to 
have them calibrated, so I would be taking a big chance.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

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