RE: [Leica] CL Question

["Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>]

You might want to check out Stephen Gandy's site - has useful info on the CL
(as well as other Leica stuff if you go to camaraquest):

http://cameraquest.com/leicacl.htm

Tim Atherton



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> InfinityDT@aol.com
> Sent: June 18, 1999 11:41 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] CL Question
>
>
> In a message dated 6/18/99 1:07:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> yzlee@cyberway.com.sg writes:
>
> << Dear LUGGERs,
>
>  Can anyone confirm if the following lens can be mounted on the CL without
>  modification :
>
>  -	35 Summicron(both the ASPH and pre-ASPH latest version)
>  -	50 Summicron(11825) and DR
>  -	90 Tele-elmarit and Elmarit M(latest)
>
>  Thanks,
>  Lee
>  Fellow LUGGER from Singapore
>
>   >>
> They can all be mounted without modification except for the
> goggles of the
> DR, which you can't use at all (the CL's range/viewfinder windows
> aren't in
> the came posistion as on the other M's).  The CL doesn't have
> framelines for
> 35mm, but according to a friend who has one you can either use
> the 40 as a
> close approximation or find an auxiliary finder.   Also, according to the
> same friend, you probably want to use the 90 at no faster than f4
> except at
> far distances, as the CL's rangefinder isn't accurate enough for
> the shallow
> DOF of the 90 at close range.  Perhaps others who have experience
> with the CL
> know some "tricks".  I've only used my friend's CL on rare
> occasions.  Nifty
> little camera!
>
> DT
>