Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 40mm lens
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:09:32 -0700
References: <200005221551.IAA10302@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <200005221551.IAA10302@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 1:40 PM -0400 5/22/00, Stanley E Yoder wrote:
>Excerpts from mail: 22-May-100 Leica Users digest V17 #111 by Leica
>Users digest@mejac
>> Sherry K. had mentioned to me that 9 out of 10 40mm lenses that were made
>> for the CL weren't perfect at infinity on the M5
>[snip]
>
>Strange, that. It would seemingly have nothing to do with the cam and
>RF; rather, with variances in mount-to-filmplane distance, which I would
>think Leitz would make to very close tolerances (using shims, etc.).
>Leitz had no problem with using M lenses on the CL (except the wides
>that would foul the metercell arm); so if CL lenses won't inf. focus on
>Ms, then M lenses wouldn't on CLs either, nicht?

M lenses work on CL's; see my previous post about C lenses on M's.

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