Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/11
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At 10:30 PM -0500 3/11/04, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote:
>In the preliminary review of the RD-1
>
><< http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04031101epsonrd1.asp >>
>
>there is a statement that the camera cannot be used with the 50 mm Elmar 3.5
>or the 50 mm f2.0 DR Summicron (along with a few other lenses).
>
>Why not?
>
>Larry Z
The collapsible lens collapses too far (hits the shutter) and the DR
Summicron doesn't work because the eyes don't fit as the
view/rangefinder windows on the Bessa are not in the same place as
the Leica ones.
The other lenses all extend too far into the body.
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