Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Horst, Thanks for the reply, The Dallmeyer lens you have is quite rare, don't seel it off cheap! The 85/2 was a lens that I owned at one time, this was also the exchange lens for me acquiring something more usable, my 28mm Ricoh! The 75/1.9 is of course my own creation, cobbled together to work on the camera, it will be interesting to see how well it fares. I also had a 135/4(.5?) Dallmeyer Dalrac which serviced me very well for many years. Having said it is coated it does not refer to Dallcoating on the front lens rim, I am merely going by the bluish tinges when looking at reflections from light sources, perhaps this is natural 'blooming' and not a coating at all, perhaps the lens is pre-war? Do you know if there are any guides to serial number / production for this marque? best regards, Jem A.H.SCHMIDT wrote: > m037iu00@cwcom.net wrote: > > snip: > > The optics are again made by a 3rd party, Dallmeyer, and the venerated name on the > > > front rim is 'Speed Six'. Older members may recall there was a 50mm lens with this > > name for the Leica mount back in the 50s, that was made for the 'Reid' copy of the > > Leica. > > > > Jem > I own a Dallmeyer Super six 50mm f1.9 lens in Leica mount. The one I have is not yet > coated, and it looks like it is pre-war. It is not a bad lens. About en par with the > Summar 50mm. The same lens was made for other cameras too. E.g. the Exactas. Dallmeyer > called the coating they used after the war: "Dallcoating." > They made also an other nice lens for the Leica. A85mm F2 "Dallac". I'd love to have a > go at using one. > Dallmeyer was more interested to sell their lenses to Leica owners, than to Reid. > All the advertising shows various models of Leicas with their lenses. > > Regards Horst Schmidt