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Subject: [Leica] Voigtldr 50mm 3.5 Heliar with the Leica M240 ?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:29:22 -0800
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On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> What's special about this lens, anyway? It is slow, and there are plenty 
> of other 50mm for the Leica M bodies.

sharp, small, light, unusual even rare?.

many other too wonderful 50?s  , ask Jeffery.


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> On Feb 10, 2014, at 11:51 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This has nothing to do with 'adventurous'.
>>> 
>>> Measure it and you will KNOW. 
>>> 
>>> I've shot with the Heliar (Tom Abrahamsson's) on the M8, and don't 
>>> recall any problems.
>> 
>> 
>> no problems with the M8 or M9 but unknown for the M 240....measurements 
>> are very ! close, if they are a tiny bit off you will eat your words... 
>> so be extremely careful, my solution, tape and a rubber band, lock the 
>> lens fully extended...
>> 
>> better safe than sorry
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