Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Heliar impressions
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:42:46 -0700
 
>"Henning J. Wulff" wrote:
>><snip>With the introduction of the
>> Heliar, conversion of the Contax Hologon to M mount should drop to zero, if
>> everyone is aware of the actual performance/handling factors.><snip>
>
>I am interested about what are the draw backs of the Contax conversion are.
>Mark Rabiner

As stated, f/16 and no metering and a much higher price and equivalent
optical performance.

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