Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had one of these lenses though I can't tell you about lens/M6 compatibility as I haven't got the lens any more and didn't have the M6 when I had it. But the quality was great, very sharp and so compact, much more so than modern lenses with the exception of the Ricoh 28mm design, even the Minolta 28mm M-Rokkor is large in comparison. I think it might have been Eugene Smith who used one as one of his two preferred lenses, certainly there was some luminary Leica guy who was a firm believer in it. So, irrespective of whether it resolved more lines per millimetre than x,y, or z lens, (which I can't tell you) if it did the job the well known photographer wanted it to do, it was/is worth having. It's certainly very useable and certainly wasn't a dog. Filters (aargh!) are hard to find if ever you'd want one, they're 40mm, (not 40.5, or 39), as far as I know, only Canon made them. Jem ---------- From: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' To: KIMEJ44; 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: [Leica] Canon25mm lens Date: 12 March 1998 23:41 Will the Canon 25mm 3.5 LTM lens meter on the Leica M-6 and what is the quality of the lens? Thanks, Chuck Charles K. Wilber University of Notre Dame (219) 631-5168 http://www.nd.edu:80/~cwilber