Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Enlarger lens mount -- bayonet or screw
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 05:56:21 +0000

>At 04:59 PM 6/15/99 -0700, Austin wrote:
>>what does LTM stand for?
>>
>>And am I correct in guessing that 'M39' is 39mm as in the filter size of my
>>Elmar 50mm?
>
>No, it is not.  The 39mm filter thread is 39mm by 0.5mm;  the M39 (or
>'Leica thread-mount', hence, LTM') is 39mm by 26 turns-per-inch, close
>enough to 1mm not to quibble unduly.  M42 (or, and I cringe at the mere
>writing of it, "Pentax" screw mount) is 42mm by 1mm, while T-mount is 42mm
>by 0.75mm.
>
>And so forth.
>
>Marc
>

Marc

What camera/lens systems utilise the T-mount?

Dan K.