Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I mean contemporary with the one you own. Frank On 23 Jun, 2007, at 13:49, Steve Barbour wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information