Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw mount to M
From: SthRosner@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:30:24 EDT

In a message dated 4/11/02 1:05:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
marvbej@earthlink.net writes:

> At 8:48 PM -0700 4/10/02, seth       LaK 9 wrote:
>  Still, why on earth would you want to put a
>  135 Hektor or a 280 Telyt on an M?
>  
>  Because its fun? Who says you have to use modern glass?
>  
>  Bob Marvin

Hey Robert, listen up; to me modern glass is a 50mm Dual-range Summicron, a 
8-glass 35/2 Summicron, an original 5-glass 90/2,8 Elmarit! As some have 
recently commented here, the 280/4,8 Telyt is a marvelous lens and there are 
many who believe the 135 Hektor still produces excellent images and use both. 
But it ain't fun to fiddle with a Visoflex. Put both those lenses on adapters 
and a Leicaflex or Leica R and you have the best of both: (old) modern glass 
(!) and relative ease of use.

Seth         LaK 9 
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