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Subject: [Leica] 'cron 50mm DR on M8
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat Jun 23 05:51:23 2007
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On Jun 23, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Frank Dernie wrote:

> The contemporary


thanks Frank... do you mean the contemporary from then or now....  ?


Steve


> rigid Summicron is identical to the DR, apart from the close focus  
> arrangement. If you like the look so much why not get one of those  
> as well?
> Frank
>
> On 23 Jun, 2007, at 08:29, Peter Klein wrote:
>
>> Steve:  That was me.  I had the idea of getting a cheap Rigid  
>> Summicron with bad glass and the correct focal length marked  
>> inside.  The DR and Rigid lens heads unscrew from the mounts, so I  
>> thought I could put my DR lens head in the rigid mount for the M8,  
>> and still have the close range on film.  I asked DAG about it, and  
>> he said that the mounts were different and it wouldn't work.  But  
>> he also said that he could cut off the close focus part of the  
>> cam, and then it would work in the normal range on the M8.
>>
>> The unmodified DR does work in close-focus range on the M8.  I  
>> know for sure, because I've tried it. When it's set in the normal  
>> range, the close-focus half of the cam sticks out too far, and it  
>> hits something inside the body when you try to mount it.  I have  
>> read about this, and I have decided to believe it and not try it  
>> myself.  :-)
>>
>> I'm still thinking about whether to have DAG do the "operation."   
>> It will depend on how much I like the 67mm equivalent length the  
>> 50mm turns into on the M8.  And whether I want to desecrate a  
>> sacred object.   Funny that I feel this way--I've used the close  
>> range all of twice since I got the lens.  But another DR was my  
>> first Leica lens, way back in 1970.  I really love how the DR  
>> draws, how it's made, how it feels.  And it's a Wetzlar product  
>> from the Golden Age.  So I'm reluctant to give the lens a  
>> "vasectomy" unless I'd really use it a lot on the M8.
>>
>> Decision postponed while I experiment with my other 50s.
>>
>> --Peter
>>
>> At 02:29 PM 6/21/2007 -0700, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>  recall hearing that the cron 50mm DR can be modified,
>>> so that it can be used on the M8 body...
>>> maybe that was reported here...
>>> if someone can substantiate this, and give me details, I'd  
>>> appreciate
>>> it...
>>>
>>> thanks, Steve
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] 'cron 50mm DR on M8)
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Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] 'cron 50mm DR on M8)