Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html