Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:24:58 -0600 >>From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> >>Subject: [Leica] Leica CL 40mm Summicron on other M-mount cameras >>There is some speculation that the 40mm f/2 Summicron made for the Leica >>CL will not focus correctly on other camera bodies. Has anyone used this >>lens on a Leica M3 through M6 or on a Bessa-T? Or on a Hexar RF? >>If it only focuses correctly on a CL, I'll leave it on that. I'd rather >>use it on a Bessa-T. >>Jeffery Smith > >Hi Jeff, >I have a 40mm Summicron that I have used on my M6, M6HMTTL and my >Hexar RF without focusing problems. Today it lives on my CLE (with >the correct frames line). The angle of the focusing cam on the lens >for the CL was slightly different that on other M's and this is >supposed to produce focusing errors for the 40 and the 90 F4.0 which >were produced especially for the CL. I guess that is true at the >theoretical limit but in my practical experience I haven't had any >trouble with the focus of my 40. Haven't owned the 90 so can't >comment. I can --- works fine, both in Minolta and Leica elmar c configurations. I use the latter now on M3, M6 both .72 and .85 sans problems. > BTW the 40 Summicron is a very nice lens, compact and produces the >usual saturated Leica look. Agree completely, it was one of the 3 reasons I got hooked on the rangefinder as my major camera, the other two being the 28 and the 90mm lenses for the CLE > >About my 40 Summicron, I dropped it one night about 6 feet off a >stone wall to the pavement below while taking pictures of the bridge >across the Danube between Buda and Pest. VERY clumsy Howard. Some notable people have flung themselves off briges in that area as I recall. - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html