Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It worked just fine on early M mount 90 Summicrons and 21 f/4 SAs. Ken Wilcox At 12:00 PM -0400 9/15/0, M.E.Berube of GoodPhotos.Com wrote: >It would seem to me to Leica's advantage to make LTM as their default mount. >Is there any image quality lost when using an LTM version with an adapter >as compared to the M mount version of the same lens? >By making LTM lenses default (sold with an M adapter standard), Leica might >encourage a few budget minded folks to use classic or new C/V LTM bodies >instead of buying an M body first, but they would also make their lenses >more adaptable and desirable to a broader market without lessening their >dedication to their current M clients or costing themselves huge amounts in >retooling. >If anyone sees a flaw in this logic please point it out. DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>