Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The rear mount f2.8, with the eyes, has been successfully cannibalized, by TA, for use with the 21mm SA. S.d. On Apr 15, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > slobodan, > yes i knew that and should have stipulated the summaron 35/2.8, from which > the eyes cannot, apparently, be successfully removed. > vince > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM, slobodan Dimitrov > <s.dimitrov at charter.net>wrote: > >> The early 35mm f3.5 Summaron-M had user removable bug-eyes. >> S.d. >> >> On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: >> >>> 1. A simple question: can the 'eyes' be easily taken off and put on the >> 50 >>> Summicron DR or is it like the 35 Summacron where you can't take it off >> or >>> you'll wreck the lens' focusing capacity? Which is to say can't you take >> it >>> off to use on, say, a G1, or a Bessa 2A, and put it back when you get the >>> shiny M3 or M4 of your dreams? >>> >>> 2. A less simple question: the ongoing thread about Leica lenses on the >> GF1 >>> began with some commentary that included language that depicted using the >>> 50/1.4 on the GF1 as having a "100/1.4" lens on the camera. I see this >> all >>> the time, the equation of the half crop with a lens twice as long. But >> isn't >>> what one has really a 50mm image with a 25% crop off all four sides? And >> a >>> slightly narrower (more tele) angle of view? Please correct me in however >>> I've gotten this wrong. But I'm pretty sure that having a half-sized >> sensor >>> is not the same as putting a 2x converter on a full frame. It doesn't >> yield >>> the same image at all. Why do people say this? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information