Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 97-09-09 07:51:41 EDT, you write: Richard - Thats an easy one since you can put an adapter ($75) on almost any LTM lens & use it on a "M". I personally like the massive 125/2.5 Hektor with a half inch dia. opaque disk in the center (ala Thambar) as it will allows hundreds of combinations of "glow" both with the filter & w/o. My 2nd choice would be the 50/1.5 Summarit that comes in both LTM and M. They are also much less costly than the Hektor and are actually quite sharp stopped down but really "glow" at f:1.5. Since the Hektor comes only in a short mnt, it has to be used with a Visoflex but I under- stand that there have been successful coversions even of the 120/2.5 Hektor Slide Projector Lens (which is the 125 actually is) but of course it will have no diaphragm. ************************************Marvin Moss******************************** << Could anyone suggest either a 35mm or 50mm older lens with a bayonet mount that may give me more of that "Leica" glow? Maybe I could just take a new 50mm Summicron and scratch the front surface enough so that it contributes more glow <bg> Interesting thought that the more you use your lenses and scratch them up, the more glow you get and the more characteristic Leica images they produce. Now where's that sand paper I keep in the garage? Thanks, Richard --- >>