Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information