Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gads. but I could talk for hours about Kilfitt lenses ... a wonderful system with wonderful optics. Heinz Kilfitt founded an optical company in Leichtenstein in 1947 that was subsequently relocated to Munich. Four families of lenses were produced (KI, AN, WE, and N) but the KI lenses are by far the most common. These have a 39mm thread designed to fit into a Kilfitt Reflex Housing but with a KIVIS adaptor or equivalent, these could be used on a Viso II/IIa/III. The Kilfitt line included the original Zoomar lens, made under contract for Voigtlander, which ultimately led to the purchase of the factory by the Zoomar's designer, Dr Frank Back, in 1968; it subsequently restricted itself to military optics only and left the civilian market in 1986. The entire Kilfitt/Zoomar lens line is most impressive. The most highly sought after lenses are the 2.8/90 Makro-Kilar, the 4/300 Pan-Tele-Kilar, and the two Zooomatars, 5.6/500 and 1000 catadioptric lenses, but my special favorites are the old reliables, the 3.5/150 and the 5.6/300. Neat lenses. I had both these lenses out and on my camera yesterday. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!