Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pat My 21 mm f2.8 has an EARLIER serial number, it is retrofocus. and it fits and works on my CL. I choose to believe proven facts rather than a published opinion. You are welcome to come and see the combination for yourself. I respect Stephen Gandy, but I acknowledge that people do make errors. Jerry Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > Jerry, > > Stephen Gandy has some info you might find > interesting. Scroll down to the section "m lens > incompatability". > > Reagrds, > > Patrick > > http://cameraquest.com/leicacl.htm > > > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > John > > > > Are you actually saying that the first version of > > the 21mm f2.8 > > Elmarit was NOT a retrofocus lens, and thus would > > foul the > > meter on a CL? I have one of the earliest ones of > > that lens, > > though it is beat up and has a scarred mount, it IS > > retrofocus > > and I use it regularly on my CL. > > > > Please explain why you said that. Do you know more > > about > > it than Laney and Putz? > > > > Jerry > > > > John Collier wrote: > > > > > The 21/4 SA, the 21/3.4 SA and the first version > > of the 28/2.8 all > > > have large protruding rear elements that will > > either partially block > > > the metering cell of the M6 cameras or physically > > block the metering > > > cell of the CL and M5. If you use the any of the > > above lenses on a M5 > > > or CL, the lens mount has to be modified otherwise > > the meter cell arm > > > will be broken. The later 21/3.4 SA came with the > > mount modified. On > > > the M6, the lenses give readings about three stops > > too low. It is > > > possible to modify the lens so that it is with a > > 1/3 stop or so. This > > > URL has the details: > > > > > > http://www.jumboprawn.net/jesse/angulon_mod.html > > > > > > John Collier > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 08:54 PM, John > > Straus wrote: > > > > > > > While you guys are on the 21mm's dosen't one > > model have issue with > > > > blocking > > > > the meter on the newer TTL bodies? I though I > > read that somewhere... > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html