Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/03

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Subject: [Leica] February banana
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Tue Feb 3 22:58:08 2009
References: <a3f189160902021543x6e4fce45xb131a90cc2ef1290@mail.gmail.com> <4988B4E2.5020109@tele2.fr> <a3f189160902031405s34f38b24l8b863e373070ea95@mail.gmail.com>
 

Sonny Carter wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Philippe AMARD 
><philippe.amard@tele2.fr>wrote:
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>>Sonny Carter wrote:
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>> This elderly lens (21mm f4 Super Angulon) takes longer to use on my
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>>>digital
>>>camera,
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>>why Sonny? if I may ask
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>I takes longer, since the rear element protrudes into the mount beyond the
>meter sensor, so you must at least take a couple test shots to get to
>exposure.  It is the old style with infinity lock, so the aperture ring
>rotates with focus.
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Thanks Sonny
Makes sense to me now.
Phx


>  Not too much a problem.
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>This lens was made in about 1958 when I was a young teenager living on
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>BeethovenStrasse in Wetzlar.   ;-)
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