Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Photar 25mm
From: msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Wed May 5 18:56:39 2004
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At 08:06 PM 5/5/04 -0400, Max Weisenfeld wrote:
>Any advice on using this lens?  When mounted on a bellows and Viso, the
>f-stops do not seem to relate to any meter I have ever found.
>

Max

These are not f/stops but, rather, are Stolze stops.  See the 15th edition
of the LEICA MANUAL for discussion.  Stolze stops are normal on most macro
lenses, be they Leitz/Leica Photars or Zeiss Luminars or Carl Zeiss Jena
Mikrotars.

Marc

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