Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 6:38 PM 2/4/97, Glenn A. Waterfield wrote: >The 90mm Elmar-C is an f4 lens. It 'may' work on a 135/f4. Try it! :-) >The 5.5 refers to the filter type the lens was designed to use. The lens hood >serves to hold a Series 5.5 filter in place. The Series 5.5 filters can be >just a little difficult to find but they do pop up at camera shows from time to >time. From what I understand the threads for the 90mm Elmar-C and the >40mm Sumicron-C are just slightly different from the standard 39mm filter >threads used on a lot of M series lenses. The two are close enough to allow >them to screw together but different enough to make them bind before they >are fully seated. Did you get the lens cap too? It is a nice flat cap that >snaps Thanks ( to all of you) for the help...the threads do seem to match, and I did not get the cap. I will use it on my collapsable 90/4 Elmar and try it on my 135. My reasoning is that you can go up like that but not down...in general. Chapel Hill, NC Although love may fail, courtesy should prevail.