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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Zeiss LTM Sonnar lenses
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:15:05 -0500
References: <200011242238.OAA12875@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <001501c056cd$24f82320$dd66989e@demon.co.uk>

Hi Marc, everyone

Is there an LTM focusing base that a Contax 50/1.5 Sonnar
can be attached to for use on a Leica.
I've been looking at my 50 F1.5 and have concluded that
such a thing would have definitely do-able.
It would be fun to do comparison shots against the Summarit and Summilux
on the same body
Javier

Doug Richardson wrote:

> Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> wrote:
>
> >There is also the 1.5/5.8 "Leica Sonnar", now believed to have been
> an
> early Postwar forgery -- these ARE proper Sonnars by design but seem
> to
> have been Soviet production.
>
> Why to I always learn these things *after* I've spend the money on
> one? <grin>.
>
> But I'll await the evidence for a possible Soviet origin with
> interest...
>
> A brief comment in a recent issue the Leica Historical Society (LHS)
> warned that Russian forgeries of the Leica screw thread version of the
> 5cm f1.5 Sonnar are known to exist? Has anyone encountered one?
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Richardson


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In reply to: Message from "Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk> ([Leica] Re: Zeiss LTM Sonnar lenses)