Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 8/22/00 10:29:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dpost@triad.rr.com writes: << Here is an example taken with a 1937 uncoated Elmar mounted on a IIIa, northern light and no fill! Even a slow lens works with a good window! >> But just look at that flare! Seriously, it is very pleasant to see how well the older lenses perform when used to best advantage. Using current lenses for such applications results in a different look. It is well to remember that these are the very lenses that made the reputation of E. Leitz and kept the company, along with research and development, going. They still do serious work, especially with current emulsions. If you can't abide using LTM bodies, get an adapter and mount one of these antiques on your M. However, they will not all focus easily to infinity, the 50/3.5 Elmar for example, because the wide mounting flange leaves insufficient space for the lever to travel, when the lens is screwed in fully against the adapter. Perhaps leaving it partially unscrewed when using the lens at infinity is the best that can be done. Maybe someone has a better idea. Joe Sobel