Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/20

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Subject: Re: Real Leica
From: Chester Jatkoe <remex@mail.id.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:48:20 +0000
 
> To:            leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc:            jbm@instinet.com, jbm@interactive.net
> Subject:       Re: Real Leica 
> Date:          Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:21:40 -0400
> From:          Jeff Moore <jbm@instinet.com>
> Reply-to:      leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

>
> I just noticed in a recent catalog that Calumet's selling pin-hole er, 
> lens-replacement things for various cameras:
>
> 
> They quoted an effective focal length and aperture, which I can't dredge out 
> of my tortured brain now.  The M ones had a shorter EFL than the various SLRs, 
> as expected.  Anyone have the latest Calumet catalog near the computer, to 
> fill in my blanks?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
The specs from the Calumet catalog are as follows:  30mm focal 
length with approx. f-stop of f/128.  The price is $44.99 for the 
Leica M series, and $29.99 for the Canon FD or Nikon F series.
They're described as body caps precisely fitted with a laser-cut 
pinhole. 

							Chet