[Leica] Elmaron 60mm f/2.8 in a Helicoid Focusing mount?

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Another thing, check to see it it has variable aperture; it's probably fixed 
at 2.8.

And yeah, just about every enlarging lens I ever saw was M39


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From: Xavian-Anderson Macpherson <Shingoshi at comcast.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Elmaron 60mm f/2.8 in a Helicoid Focusing mount?

Thanks guys! It's just that with all of the posts I've seen in other forums 
about using lenses like these for macro work, I was wondering if it would 
work for me. Given how low the price is, I'm tempted to get the lens anyway. 
So what's the real thread size of the enlarging lenses from Leica? I thought 
everyone used the M39 as the mounting standard.

Additionally, you should know that I'm using this lens *on a digital CCTV 
camera with a 1/3" chip*. I think that combination will wind up only using 
the center of the lens' projected image. So if there was a concern about 
uniform sharpness or illumination across a 35mm frame, that doesn't apply 
here.

Thanks again,
Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
ShingoshiDao

Henning Wulff wrote:
>> I don't currently have this lens in my possession. I see threads on this 
>> Elmaron near the middle of the body. Are these threads M39? If so, will 
>> the back of the lens be too deep to fit the recess of the Helicoid 
>> Focusing mount?
>> -- 
> 
> 
> This is the projection lens, right? Those are not M39 threads. Optically, 
> it would not be that good a taking lens.
> 


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