Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V18 #290
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:35:26 -0800
References: <B672AA00.32AD%marvbej@earthlink.net>

The LTM thread matter for Russian lenses is very curious.  I bought a
Jupiter 50mm f1.5 for my IIIa and found it would not fit all the way.

I checked it on  a IIIc and a IIIf and it mounted all the way with no
problem.

A few weeks later without recall of the problem, I went to install the lens
on my IIIa again and it fit easily.   I don't know how this happened.

My Industar, a f3.5 Elmar clone, does not fit on my IIIa.   The lever for
focusing interferes with the viewfinder.

Roland Smith
roland@dnai.com

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Marvin" <marvbej@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V18 #290


> on 12/29/00 4:49 PM, "Peter A. Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote:
> > Does anyone on the list know of someone who can repair a Zorki?
>
>  Leonid Treskunov (Trescam@aol.com)recently CLAed a Zorki C for me for
> $85. He is very highly regarded on the Russian & Ukranian Camera
> Users' Forum. This is obviously much more than a replacement would
> cost, but now I have a smoothly operating 45 year old camera rather than
an
> unrepaired replacement that might not function well for very long.
>
> I had originally bought the camera at a flea market for $40 for it's
> Elmar-clone 50 mm Industrar, intending it for occasional use on my IIIa.
> Unfortunately, it doesn't fit that body, although it works fine on my
> IIIf--so much for the precision of Soviet LTM lens mounts.
>
> I'm thinking of dedicating the body exclusively to a Voightländer/Cosina
> 15 mm. Heliar where the odd triangular Zorki RF cam shouldn't be a
drawback.
> The only downside is that the Leica cassettes I normally use don't fit.
>
>
>
> Bob Marvin
>
>

In reply to: Message from Robert Marvin <marvbej@earthlink.net> ([Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V18 #290)