Re: [Leica] Has anyone ever tried to use a Leica screwmount lens on a Russian camera body?

["E. van Ginkel" <E.vGinkel@inter.NL.net>]

Only Leica lenses which have a cylindrical rangfindercontrolcam, like the
elmar can be fitted to russian LTM rangefinders, Leica lenses with a rodlike
rangefindercontrol like the 4.5/13,5cm Hektor can't be fitted. Worse don't
even try it, in the best case you wil ruin your russian camera, in the worst
case the Hektor will get stuck to the camera, and can only be removed after
by taking the lot apart.
Take the above into mind a Leica lens that is fittable to a Russian LTM
takes the same quality of pictures on that camera as if it was fitted to a
Leica or Canon or a new Bessa R.

René van Ginkel


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Martins Zelmenis" <martin@lrpv.lv>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Has anyone ever tried to use a Leica screwmount lens on
a Russian camera body?


> I remember using an Elmar 3.5/50 on some Russian camera, but somehow it
> didn't impress me. (Maybe the Elmar needed to be CLAed.) I have a
different
> experience - using Russar 5.6/20 wideangle on LII and III - that
particular
> lens was good, and I still have got nice, printable negs from this
> combination.
>
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wang, Albert" <Albert.Wang@ibx.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: piektdiena, 2001. gada 2. novembri 16:51
> Subject: [Leica] Has anyone ever tried to use a Leica screwmount lens on a
> Russian camera body?
>
>
> > Hi Leicaphiles,
> >
> > Has anyone here tried to use a Leica screwmount lens on a Russian camera
> > body in my case a FED 3 which is a workhorse for me. How did the
pictures
> > turn out. I bet that the optics were probably on point, a little
artistic
> > and soft which gives it the Leica look of course.
> >
> > I'm probably going to be run myself to getting a Summar lens and
screwing
> it
> > onto my FED 3 and see how things turn out :) After all, there's nothing
> > which beats out experience and understanding than to photograph with
those
> > good old screw mounts...
> >
> > By the way, does anyone here have a preference for which screw mount
Leica
> > lenses to get first? Do the Hektor lens fall short? I want to check out
> > those 1930's lens to see whether or not I can get an old school look to
my
> > photographs :)
> >
> > sincerely,
> > Alfie
> >
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