Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] CL or Bessa T?
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:44:39 -0700

> >Sonny,
> > Your point about the CL being able to use Leica lenses that it is not
> >supposed to be able to use is well taken.  The Bessa T can not use all
> >Leica M lenses.  The body is not deep enough inside the lens mount  to
> >take a 35 ,2.0 M lens, for instance.  The part of the lens that extends
> >back beyond the lens mount hits the interior of the camera before it
> >locks into place and thus can not be mounted.  I have not tried every
> >other  lens to see if this is true across the board.  I stopped
> >considering this body when the 35 would not mount.
> >Tom Furlotte
> >Memphis

I don't quite understand this... Which 35 f2 lens? As I recall, my Summicron
worked fine - only slight problem is the lens focusses to about .7m while
the CL only focusses to .8 - but I don't focus that close very often...

The CL does pretty well with most "standard" M lenses.

Tim A

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