Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Russian lenses on Bessa R2
From: Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:50:26 -0800
References: <9D119B40-F9AA-11D6-BB10-000393802534@mac.com>

Martin Howard wrote:

> On Saturday, Nov 16, 2002, at 13:16 America/Los_Angeles, John Collier
> wrote:
>
> > Stephen Gandy says, "Russian 20, 28, and 35 screw mount lenses
> > protrude too deeply into the camera"
> >
> > http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtBR2.htm
>
> John, thanks, but in the sentence before, he says "Due primarily to the
> possibility of hitting the Bessa R2's outer shutter, these lenses are
> NOT recommended"
>
> In other words, HE DOESN'T KNOW but is just covering his ass.

right Howard

by all means, I urge you to buy the R2 and dedicate it to your Russian
35/2.8.

Stephen Gandy

>
>
> So, does anyone out there KNOW whether the Jupiter-12, 35mm f/2.8 will
> work without damage to either it or the camera on a Bessa R2?
>
> M.
>
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> Martin Howard
> mvhoward@mac.com
>
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