Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:31 PM 1999-03-27 -0800, John Jbuf wrote: >I recently acquired a A. Schacht 135 F 4.5 R Travenon ULM in LTM. >Minimum F 32, it is just a head without a focusing mount or it may be an >enlarging lens. I also got a set of 5 New York Leitz Extension tubes in >LTM. Could someone tell me exactly what was the intended use of this >lens. And will it make a good lens for close-ups. The last question I >have is what is the approximate value of this setup. Heavens. The set isn't worth much -- the extension tubes can be had for $10 or so apiece, probably $35 or $40 for the lot, and the Schacht lens head is another $50. The lot shouldn't cost more than $100, certainly. The lens head will probably work on a Viso II, IIa, or III with an LTM-to-M adapter. It would be okay for closeups, but was actually intended as a regular optic. And it's not half-bad as such, either. The standard reference on lenses such as this, of course, is Marc James Small <ah-HEM!>, NON-LEITZ LEICA THREAD-MOUNT LENSES: A 39mm DIVERSITY, published by Rita Wittig and available, signed and with addenda and corrigenda, from the author (me!) for $45 postpaid in the US. (This book covers European and American LTM lenses, with scant mention of the rich turf of Japanese LTM lenses, some of which are well covered elsewhere, others of which have never been discussed and await analysis.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!