Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Leica Users digest V17 #158
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 19:20:55 -0400
References: <200006080701.AAA02177@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

You give nothing and gain the abilty to use the lens on more camera bodies.
I wish Leica would make all their lenses this way.

Ken Wilcox

At 6:10 -0400 6/8/0, a fine scholar, Ernest B. Ferro wrote:

>Fellow Luggers:
>	I have a question relative to the newly available 50mm f2.0
>Summicron LTM.
>I currently have a number of LTM Leicas and a couple of M Leicas.  I have a
>50mm f2.0 Summicron M that's the version before the current one.  I'm
>thinking of buying a new 50mm f2.0 Summicron LTM and selling the M version
>that I have.  Will I be losing anything if I go with the LTM on my M cameras
>using an LTM to M converter versus the older Summicron that was made for the
>M series?
>	Thanks in advance for any insight that can be offered.
>Ernie


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