RE: [Leica] Contax RF & Durability Issues

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

My mistake on the fact that they had to be retrofitted - I was not aware
that they came in LTM, only that a number of "name" photographers used them
on their Leicas. My point, however, was that there's something a little
twisted about getting a Contax III or IIIa and then putting a Leica lens on
it in the mistaken belief that the Leica lenses of that era are superior to
Zeiss lenses....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Marc James
> Small
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 7:33 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax RF & Durability Issues
>
>
> 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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