Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Available Lenses
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:49:17 -0500
References: <3C7D77EE.C2C8077E@earthlink.net>

Glad to have your question.  If you want Zeiss lenses then you can pay a
machinist a large some of money to adapt the G lenses and probably scale
focus, find Jena screw mount lenses designed for the Contax RF but built for
LTM in the 50's to adapt to the fair trade laws, or deal with the good
optical but extremely variable mounts of the Russian lenses that are Zeiss
lenses built by Ukrainians mostly.  Also a good choice in the 85, 100-105,
and 135 would be the Canon or Nikon lenses produced in the 50's and 60's for
LTM.  To fit on the M you just acquire a LTM to M adapter which are readily
available used in the 30-90 dollar range or Stephan Gandy sells a nice
non-leica set of three for around $100.

For modern coatings and design the Cosina/Voigtlander lenses in 75 and 90
are also good choices.

For more information try cameraquest.com

Don Dory
dorysrus@mindspring.com

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In reply to: Message from Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net> ([Leica] Available Lenses)