Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:30 PM 6/1/05 -0700, Muhammad Chishty wrote: >Is anyone familiar with this lens? It is supposed to >be lens made for Leica LTM cameras. I would >appreciate any information you may have have. Thanks! I am quite familiar with this lens, and have owned a number of them over the years. A discussion of the Heinz Kilfitt history is beyond my interest at the moment, though I suspect that resort to Thiele's works on the German optical industry should give you the broad picture, albeit he leaves out the post-1968 history after Herr Kilfitt retired and Dr Back bought him out. The Kilfitt system was a system which emerged before the Novoflex or T-mount systems, but which was on the same order. That is, one lens, many adapters. You committed the most horrid of mistakes by failing to provide us with the complete serial number -- that "xxx" bit that the paranoid schizophrenics employ is of no use. Despite this failure, I am relatively certain that your lens is in a KI mount, and that you need a KIVIS adapter to fit this lens to your Visoflex reflex housing. Please ask on if you have further queries. I am generally slow to respond, but I do know quite a bit about Kilfitt. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505