Re: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

P.S.  Although  I guess you could make the finish match the Leica by liberal
use of black tape on the Contax lens!

Tom

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?


> B.D.,
>
> Have you shot the current 28mm M????  Why do you say it is not one of
> Leica's better lenses???  It is very sharp wide open and you can shoot
> straight into the sun with it!!  Used prices are about $1000, so why buy a
> converted, voided warranty lens with limited resale appeal?  I can
> understand wanting a Hologon because there is no comparable in the Leica
> line, but even then you can buy a G1 body to leave it on for the price of
> the conversion!  And, as I recall, the Leica M 28mm was rated higher in
test
> results than was the Contax G 28mm -- all of the Contax G lenses scored
> lower than Leica on centering, which is why Leica has been saying for a
> decade that they were not going into AF until the technology progressed so
> that centering could meet their tolerances in an AF mount.  Maybe there is
> some truth to that after all.
>
> Tom Schofield
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?
>
>
> > Thanks! Wow...Less than 900 for a new Zeiss T* 28 2.8 manual focus in an
M
> > mount? THAT is a bargin. Especially when compared to the M 28 2.8, which
> is
> > not one of Leica's better lenses....
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Julian
> > Thomas
> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:21 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?
> >
> >
> > > Mikiro - So what one ends up with is a manual focus, Zeiss G 28 2.8
> lens -
> > > which, by the way, is a terrific 28 - in Leica M mount?What's that
98000
> > yen
> > > in dollars these days?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Try the URL below for a floating currency conversion 'thing':
> >
> > http://www.xe.net/pca/
> >
> >
> > Julian
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:29 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] re: Contax lenses in M mount?
> >
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