Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica CL 40mm Summicron on other M-mount cameras
From: "William Hu\(???\)" <williamhu99@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:24:27 +0800
References: <005101c1c4ad$bb015ea0$a36dfea9@JSMITH> <3C8622E3.D2B6D6B6@noaa.gov>

Hi Barney,
    You can easily modify the mount of Summicron-C 40mm to bring up the 35mm
frame in M6. I did it, and it did work.

William Hu

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From: "Barney Quinn" <Barney.Quinn@noaa.gov>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica CL 40mm Summicron on other M-mount cameras


> Hi,
>
> I have heard the same thing. I have the Minolta 40 mm lens which was
> made for the CL. I use it on my M6 all the time and it works just fine.
> I have taken many excellent images with it. I know this isn't the lens
> you asked about, but if my experience is of any help then fine. The real
> issue is that it brings up the 50 mm frame lines on an M6. With my eyes
> and eye glasses it just happens that the edges of the viewfinder comes
> very close to the field of view of a 40 mm lens. If I just plain stop
> fretting and shoot it works out fine. If I start to think about it then
> things get bollixed up. If you need more precision you can always use
> the frame line preview lever to bring up the 35mm frame. That is very
> close to the field of view for a 40 mm lens.
>
> Is all this a a kluge and a bit of a bother? Of course it is. Would I
> use this set up if my life depended on precise framing. Probably not.
> But at the yard sale price I paid for that lens who cares.
>
> Barney
>
> Barney
>
> "Jeffery L. Smith" wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
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In reply to: Message from "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> ([Leica] Leica CL 40mm Summicron on other M-mount cameras)
Message from "Barney Quinn" <Barney.Quinn@noaa.gov> (Re: [Leica] Leica CL 40mm Summicron on other M-mount cameras)