Re: [Leica] Contax RF & Durability Issues

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

Years ago, I tried to adapt a Leica lens to a Zeiss enlarger with a Contax
mount.   After a long search, I found the adapter and went home excited with
my find.  But, alas, the mount made the Leica lens project too far from the
enlarger and I could not enlarge a negative.   The conclusion is that a
Contax body is thicker and the lens is shorter to compensate.   The Leica
lens is too long for the adaptation.

Roland Smilth
- ----- Original Message -----
From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax RF & Durability Issues


> 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
> >
> > msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
> >
> >
>
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