Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax RF & Durability Issues
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 14:32:43 -0500

At 01:39 PM 1/2/2000 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote:
>Let's keep in mind the fact that there was a period of time when not a few
>great shooters were having Zeiss lenses adapted for their Leica bodies as
>the Leica glass back when wasn't all that great - at least not when compared
>to the Zeiss lenses for the Contax.. ;-)

Well, BD, to be honest, from 1940 until 1946 or '47, the Carl Zeiss Jena
plant made their lenses in LTM.  I am only aware of a single Zeiss lens
fitted by Leitz to Leica.  Aftermarket dudes did many such, of course, but
few of these are RF-coupled.

And, of course, what else are the current crop of Russian LTM Jupiter
lenses save for Zeiss lenses in LTM?

Marc

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