[Leica] RE: Ricoh 21mm lens?

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

I nice 21 for your IIIf is the SA f/4. The M mount version is easily
convertible to screw mount (back out a set screw and remove the factory
installed M adapter) and less expensive than the LTM version.

Ken Wilcox

At 04:17 PM 8/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I just wish the Leica lens would work on my IIIF. I have a "21" (non-ASPH),
>&  love it, but I probably will buy the 21 screw mount from Adorama at some
>point this year. If you're looking for something cheaper than the Leica
>lens, that one is probably the way to go. I've seen some great reports on
>it, but not-so-great on their "28". Unless you have some ties in Japan, I
>imagine the Ricoh lens is already long gone.
>
>Greg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jhoneyball [mailto:jhoneyball@woodleyside.co.uk]
>Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:36 PM
>To: leica-users
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Ricoh 21mm lens?
>
>
>Is there a good reason not to use the 21mm F2.8 Leica lens? I bought one
>recently and it is *stunning*.
>
>See:
>
>http://www.woodleyside.co.uk/images/leica/fieldsmall.jpg
>http://www.woodleyside.co.uk/images/leica/house%2021mm.jpg
>
>for two examples of this (they are low res JPGs, but you will get the point)
>
>Jon
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Simon Pulman-Jones [mailto:spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk]
>Sent: 26 July 1999 12:49
>To: Leica-Users@Mejac. Palo-Alto. Ca. Us
>Subject: [Leica] Ricoh 21mm lens?
>
>
>Does anybody have any information about the Ricoh 21mm lens? I think it was
>due out in spring this year, but unlike the Cosina/Voigtlander lenses it
>doesn't seem to have made much of an impression on the LUG or the press. Are
>they only available in Japan? I'm looking for a compact, affordable 21mm
>which I can use on an M5 and have a feeling the Ricoh may fit the bill.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Simon.
>
>
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