Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Collapsed, the 50/3.5 Heliar protrudes less into the body than the 50/2.8 Elmar, but I don?t know about the most recent Leica bodies being safe for collapsing this lens. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > The world is awash in slow, rare 50's that fit Leica in some fashion, > but a > > collapsing one is a disaster waiting to happen, especially on a digital > > camera. > > > totally agree > > > and so, the questions... > > > s > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > > gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> > >> On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> > >>> What's special about this lens, anyway? It is slow, and there are > plenty > >> of other 50mm for the Leica M bodies. > >> > >> sharp, small, light, unusual even rare?. > >> > >> many other too wonderful 50?s , ask Jeffery. > >> > >> > >> s > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Nathan > >>> > >>> Nathan Wajsman > >>> Alicante, Spain > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>> > >>> YNWA > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 11:51 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at > >>>> archiphoto.com> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> This has nothing to do with 'adventurous'. > >>>>> > >>>>> Measure it and you will KNOW. > >>>>> > >>>>> I've shot with the Heliar (Tom Abrahamsson's) on the M8, and don't > >> recall any problems. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> no problems with the M8 or M9 but unknown for the M > 240....measurements > >> are very ! close, if they are a tiny bit off you will eat your words... > so > >> be extremely careful, my solution, tape and a rubber band, lock the lens > >> fully extended... > >>>> > >>>> better safe than sorry > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> s > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA