Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe leung" <olivegm3@yahoo.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit > Seth, > > I sold that 50/1.9 Switar to Tom who got the adapter from Japan. > > Joe Leung > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 7:45:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit > > I didn't, Frank. As you doubtless know, the flange to film distance of all > 35mm Alpa's was the thinnest of any 35mm SLR; which is why one could fit > over a thousand lenses of other manufacturers to all Alpa cameras, with > one of the various adapters that Pignons, S.A. offered. There is a > Leitz-to-Alpa adapter but it is for longer, short-mount Leica lenses where > the back focus issue doesn't exist. As you may also know, there are > adapters to fit the 50mm Macro-Switar to Leica M cameras; our friend Tom > Abrahamsson has used one on one of his M2's and if I recall, one can see a > photo of this lash-up on Steve Gandy's Cameraquest site. > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" > <red735i@earthlink.net> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:38 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit > > >> Seth.... how do you get a Makro-Switar to fit a Leica Reflex camera? >> >> Did it focus to infinity? >> >> Was there a special version? >> Lens adapter? >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1874 - Release Date: 1/4/2009 > 4:32 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the > boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to > New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1876 - Release Date: 1/5/2009 9:44 AM