Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/09

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Subject: 28mm Rokkor?
From: Barrett_Bill/web_media@webster2.websteruniv.edu
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 96 11:51:30 -0600

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Chris,

I've had a 28 Rokkor for more than 10 years. I bought it new from Kenny
Hansen, just as they stopped making them. (It was for the CL/CLE series
cameras; someone with a fact book handy can tell you the manufacturing
details if that matters to you.)

A caution you should be aware of is that it will not bring the 28mm
frame into view in M cameras without a minor modification to the mount.
I had it done when I got the lens and have never had a problem. Also,
the bayonet lens shade gets a bit loose from time to time, but I easily
fix that by squeezing the slotted base with needle-nose pliers.
(Obviously, I'm a user, not a collector. Still, this lens is worth a lot
more than the $250 I paid for it.)

The lens quality is (IMHO) superb. One of the old Leica guys at (then)
Rockleigh told me, "Half the weight and a damn fine lens."

Incidentally, don't knock those "pure Minolta" caps. I picked up half a
dozen back when they made them for this lens, and they've held up a lot
better than my official Leitz plastic rear lens caps!

cheers

Bill Barrett
Webster University
St. Louis
barrettb@websteruniv.edu
http://www.websteruniv.edu/~barrettb