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Subject: [Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat Sep 16 11:38:19 2006
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I know that an LTM body will not couple below 1m. That is fine. I was
hoping that the LTM version of the recent LTM summilux would focus to
07m when used with an adapter on an M body. AFAIK it doesn't but I am
always open to correction; especially as it would make me deliriously
happy!!
John Collier
On 16-Sep-06, at 12:06 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> The problem with LTM bodies is that they are not adjustable to .7m.
> Stick with an M3 adjusted to .7m. I had that done with mine, with
> my Elmar-M being virtually the only lens used on it.
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2006, at 10:25 AM, John Collier wrote:
>
>> I was interested in the recent LTM summilux until I heard that it
>> only focuses to 1.0m.
Replies:
Reply from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)
In reply to:
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)
Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)
Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project)