Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isaac, the 2" f2 lens comes from a Vinten aerial camera. It is a British made aerial camera and the lens is designed to cover 120/70 mm film. The backfocus of the lens is very close to the filmplane and it cant be modified for use on a M or-Flex, which is too bad as it is a very good lens. I had one (the whole camera — weighs at least 12 kg) and took it apart to try to retrofit the lens on my SL. Turned out it would require some major surgery to the lensmount and also the removal of the mirror. Common sense prevailed and I gave the whole thing to a Leica collector/friend. Nice piece of glass though — you could probably mount it in a Graflex XL or an older Speed Graphic 21/4x 31/4 and use the focal plane shutter. Tom A