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Subject: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Mon Jan 5 13:44:02 2009
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Frank, the Macro-Switar is a part of an Alpa 11si outfit. I've never mounted 
it to anything else except Optikos' MTF optical test bench.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit


>I guess my question then becomes.....
>
> Seth, what camera did/do you mount  the Makro Kilar to?
> An ALPA?  Leica M / LTM?
>
> And, if a LTM or other M, how do you focus it?  Zone focus for the worlds'
> top Macro lens?  ( which seems very unlikely...)
> Is it used for close up only, where the sliding focus gadget make this
> practical?
>
> Or, as I said, is it used on the ALPA  camera of choice?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
> here 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
>
>
>
>
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