Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Wilcox wrote: >From this stash I purchased a NEW LTM Schacht Travegon R 35 mm f3.5 lens. Has anyone used one of these enough to have an opinion of the optical quality? Ken Wilcox Ken: Schacht made three lenses in LTM. These were introduced sometime around August, 1969 and with Leica's approval. The focal lengths were 35/90/135. The 135mm elements detach and the lens can be used, at infinity focus, with Viso II and Viso III. I had the 35mm when I first started out and found it to be more than adequate, but no match for the Summicrons. If you don't do much wide angle work it is fine for those times when you don't have room enough to back up. It is best at f/5.6 and f/8 but decent from f/3.5 to f/22. Randolph Carlisle