Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/12

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Subject: Re: Contax-G>Leica-M Adapter---NOT!
From: pcb@iac.co.jp (Paul C. Brodek)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:04:56 +0900

Richard-----I don't know.  Can't tell from the picture, but I figured
maybe some kind of helicoid added as part of the surgery?  Maybe the
whole lens rotates to focus, like an original 50mm Elmar?  I can ask
the next time I'm downtown in Leica Land, but it seems kind of
academic.  To me, the cost of adapting a 21mm or 28mm G-mount Biogon
is so close to other, less complex alternatives (used Leica M-mount
lenses, 28mm Ricoh GR L-mount, etc) that it doesn't seem worth the
trouble.  The Hologon may be worth it, since there is no Leica M-mount
equivalent, if you need a lens that wide.  =20

PB

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 02:38:54 -0400, "Richard C. Floyd"
<103060.1511@compuserve.com> wrote:

>What I don't understand is how the 28mm focuses.  It doesn't have a
>focusing ring.  Atleast the 16mm has a focusing "lever".
>
>Rick

Paul C. Brodek/Trek Japan
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