Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] How did 50mm become the "normal" lens for 35mm cameras?
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:09:55 -0400
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Jay:

On 9/17/16 1:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> I have never used the 43mm, though I have also heard that it is excellent.

I find it so, with both film and digital Pentax cameras.

Pentax also make/made the 43mm f1.8 lens in Leica screw mount:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32654
http://tinyurl.com/jdv7nex

I've rarely seen them on ebay, out of Japan.

JimH
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