Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, Stephen Gandy has some info you might find interesting. Scroll down to the section "m lens incompatability". Reagrds, Patrick http://cameraquest.com/leicacl.htm - --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > John > > Are you actually saying that the first version of > the 21mm f2.8 > Elmarit was NOT a retrofocus lens, and thus would > foul the > meter on a CL? I have one of the earliest ones of > that lens, > though it is beat up and has a scarred mount, it IS > retrofocus > and I use it regularly on my CL. > > Please explain why you said that. Do you know more > about > it than Laney and Putz? > > Jerry > > John Collier wrote: > > > The 21/4 SA, the 21/3.4 SA and the first version > of the 28/2.8 all > > have large protruding rear elements that will > either partially block > > the metering cell of the M6 cameras or physically > block the metering > > cell of the CL and M5. If you use the any of the > above lenses on a M5 > > or CL, the lens mount has to be modified otherwise > the meter cell arm > > will be broken. The later 21/3.4 SA came with the > mount modified. On > > the M6, the lenses give readings about three stops > too low. It is > > possible to modify the lens so that it is with a > 1/3 stop or so. This > > URL has the details: > > > > http://www.jumboprawn.net/jesse/angulon_mod.html > > > > John Collier > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 08:54 PM, John > Straus wrote: > > > > > While you guys are on the 21mm's dosen't one > model have issue with > > > blocking > > > the meter on the newer TTL bodies? I though I > read that somewhere... > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html