Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Re: 16 mm Hologon for M
From: Thomas Pastorello <tmp@mailbox.syr.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 22:44:49 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 5 May 1998, Thomas  Pastorello wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>   For those of you who may remember me, I'm now back on the list and back
> to a small M system.  I had sold most of my equipment to photojournalist
> friends of my daughter (they made me offers I could not refuse) 
> and had given a basic M system to my daughter for her newspaper work.
> She's decided she's strictly an SLR Nikon person and gave me back a small
> M system.  (She always did take more after her mother.)
>   I do not have a super-wide and am seriously considering the Zeiss 16mm
> Hologon f8.0 modified for Leica M.  This list has been very friendly and
> helpful in the past.  I hope one or more of you can guide me again.  Do
> you have experience with this lens on the M?  Is the adaptation fully
> successful?  Who does the adaptation work?  Do all dealers use the same
> technician?  For those of you who know it from either the M or G-1 or G-2,
> does it live up to the Zeiss name -- as always I'm particularly concerned
> about flare control?
>    Thank you for any help.  Tom P.
> 
>