Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Cheap wideangle
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:48:03 -0500

At 03:14 AM 1999-02-20 -0500, John Maries wrote (snipped a bit):
>I had an old Carl Zeiss Jena Flekotogon 25/4 in M42 mount.
>
>For $20 equivalent I got from SRB here in England a Leica M39 to M42
>adapter, and with a M39 to bayonet adapter, I've got this lens sitting
>pretty on my Leica CL.   With adapter, the thing is reminiscent of the
>orginal Zoomar lens.  Focussing is by scale but not a problem with a 25mm
>f4 lens.  It actually works.
>

I do the same sort of thing.  It is grand fun scale-focusing my 1.5/85 Helios!

Marc

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