Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/14

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Subject: Hologon!
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:56:59 -0400

At 08:42 AM 4/15/97 +0200, Gerard Captijn wrote:

>As now more and more non-Leica lenses becoming available in M-bayonet, i.e.
>
>15mm Zeiss/Contax Hologon conversion (Schaja/M=FCnich)


This is a 16mm lens and not 15mm.  The older 15mm Hologon was produced in
Leica M mount -- the only non-Leitz lens to ever be so honoured with the
approval of Wetzlar and vetted for full use on the M cameras -- but is now
a rare collector's jewel.

Marc


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