Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/30
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At 03:22 PM 30/10/96 -0600, Bill wrote:
>>This lens was made for the US Navy. I does not have a rangefinder cam for
>the M cameras. It was fixed focus at three different distances and was
>supplied with adapters for those distances, infinity and 2 closer distances.
>It does not have a focusing helical so it must use those spacers to set
>correct distance. I have handled one. Hope this is of some help.
>
>Bill Grimwood
>
The above and similar responses to my query suggest that the lens is
essentially useless for ordinary photography. I guess that most of them
will end up in glass display cases. I wonder how good they are from an
optical point of view?
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