I've been looking into ways of stuffing my Leica safely into my saddlebag for the daily commute so I can use the camera at lunchtimes around the fascinating area where I'm working. While talking to someone in the local Leica pushers yesterday I had the idea of using the minute screwmount 35/3.5 Elmar, which lies almost flush against the camera body.
This is the one I tried - it was made in 1935 according to the serial number: < http://www.theclassiccamera.com/product_details_2560.htm> Here's one of the sample pictures I took. This is the whole frame: < http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1f.jpg> Here's a crop from the same sample shot: < http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1.jpg> That's a 75-year-old lens on a 4-ish-year-old digital body. Very tempting. I know of 3 others of this type that are available at the moment, so I'm going to have a look at them during the week. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
