Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, So, Zeiss is just reclaiming what was theirs three score and three years later. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/18/06, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > > Remember, guys, that the M42 mount was first developed by Carl Zeiss Jena > when KW felt that their Prewar M40 lensmount was too restrictive. The > earliest known M42 lens is a 2/5.8cm Biotar dating from 1939. > > Praktica M40 production continued for a decade or more thereafter, but the > M42 tradition had been established. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >