Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05

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Subject: [Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon Mar 5 19:38:44 2007
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Jeffery,
As long as you dont "collapse" them you can use all of the collapsables.
Cheers
Jayanand


On 3/6/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> And I have several collapsibles that I would like to use on them(!). I
> wonder if anyone has a list posted on the acceptable and unacceptable
> collapsibles for that camera. I'd like to put a 50/3.5 Elmar or a 50/3.5
> Heliar on one of them
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Jayanand
> Govindaraj
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:38 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!
>
>
> These bodies are streets ahead of the Leica LTM bodies in usability terms
> -
> only be very careful with collapsible lenses, at times it can jig the
> whole
> rangefinder mechanism off. Cheers Jayanand
>
>
> On 3/4/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > When nobody was stopping me, I picked up three Canon 7 bodies (without
> > a wrinkled shutter on any of them). One of them has a 35/2.8 Summaron
> > on it, one has a 50/1.4 Nikkor LTM on it, and the third one will have
> > a 50/1.4 Canon LTM on it until I can find a better lens for it.
> >
> > Although it isn't that popular, I really like the viewfinder and the
> > build quality of the Canon 7. All three of mine have selenium meters
> > that still have some life in them. DAG said he could probably get them
> > working properly.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> > GREG LORENZO
> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:47 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!
> >
> >
> > Vick asked:
> >
> > > I can help you make up some of your cash investment; you wouldn't
> > > happen to have any 35mm LTM Leica lenses for sale, would you  ;-)
> >
> > Not before Friday at least. Anything I want to buy, sell or trade is
> > always posted here first.
> >
> > Greg J. Lorenzo
> > Calgary, Alberta
> >
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Replies: Reply from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!)
In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] A Weakening... Somebody Stop Me!)