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Subject: [Leica] Info on a 300mm f/5.6 tele kilar Kilfitt Munchen
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Sat Jul 12 20:07:55 2008
References: <008901c8e448$ae411c20$80f510ac@chris0436b6050><200807121832.m6CIWW3E097908@server1.waverley.reid.org><001a01c8e469$768f7030$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <200807122250.m6CMon4v074215@server1.waverley.reid.org>

Thanks Marc.

My true thirst is in black magic,otherwise known as Guinness but I do like 
to play with LTM lenses.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Info on a 300mm f/5.6 tele kilar Kilfitt Munchen


> At 05:51 PM 7/12/2008, Chris Williams wrote:
> >#208-4570
> >
> >One colored circle
> >
> >COZWI
>
> Ah!  You have a 5.6/300 Tele-Kilar in KI mount, Kilfitt order code DREVO. 
> This is a fairly late one, probably dating from around the mid-1960's. 
> The lens should come in a small suitcase complete with lens hood and a 
> microfiche with the optical test results for this lens.  It takes either 
> Series VIII or 67.5mm by 0.75mm filters or can use 2" square gelatins on 
> the internal filter holder.
>
> The COZWI is a 1mm shim.  This shim is not used when the lens is mounted 
> on a on a Kilfitt reflex housing.  Insert the shim to fit the lens to a 
> Leitz PLOOT or Visoflex I reflex housing.  A spacer of some sort is 
> necessary, together with the COZWI, to fit the lens to a Leitz Visoflex 
> II/IIa/III reflex housing.
>
> I did a LOT of happy shooting with a lens like this and only sold it when 
> I picked up a 4/300 Pan-Tele-Kilar, an even better lens.  Those on the LUG 
> who have a true thirst for knowledge already own a copy of my LTM lens 
> book, and the photo of <ah-HEM> me on the back cover shows me with a 
> 5.6/300 Tele-Kilar on an M6.  (Alas, but as I needed the M6 for the 
> picture, I ended up shooting it, I recall, with my Rolleiflex 2.8GX.
>
> In any event, the Tele-Kilar is an outstanding lens and is worth a lot 
> more than it is currently bringing on the market.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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