Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sitting near(but not too close!) my Leica's are my Pentax's. One Spotmatic One ES(the workhorse of Pentax before the K1000) Lenses from 20mm to 300mm The 50/1.4 SMC Takumar is one damn good lens. Chris Williams - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kieltyka" <daverk@msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M and Pentax > Juan J. Buhler <jbuhler@pdi.com> wrote: > > > I think you'll find that a Leica M is a great complement to a > > Pentax SLR. The only problem is that the focusing ring goes > > in the wrong direction... > > > > Anyone else here using older manual Pentaxes alongside > > their Leica Ms? > > Yup, I have a KX and a handful of lenses including a recently acquired 50 > f/1.2. The focusing direction doesn't bother me too much...my Zeiss RF > lenses are also Wrong-Way Corrigans. <g> > > (For a brief bio of Wrong-Way Corrigan see > http://www.uh.edu/admin/engines/epi1070.htm.) > > -Dave- > >