Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely combination. Used it for a while. The black lens is more fun. The M3 135 frameline is still smaller than I would have liked, but vastly superior to the accessory turret viewfinders. Cheers - ------------ Dante Stella On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Douglas Cooper wrote: > Has anyone here ever shot with a 135/3.5 Canon LTM mounted on a Leica M3? > Wondering how that combination would be. I used to have this lens on a > IIIf, with the Russian turret finder on top, but I never could frame things > with any kind of accuracy. I no longer have that lens -- it was in black -- > but I'm thinking of getting an earlier chrome 135/3.5, which is supposed to > be optically identical (and will match the M3). > > Also, while we're at it, what precise magnification does the rangefinder > window of a IIIc give you? (Not the 50mm frame, but the actual focusing > window.) I seem to remember it's right for a 75-80mm lens; is this correct? > >