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The CLE lenses do not use the steep cam, only the CL lenses do. The
CLE lenses work fine on any Leica M camera but the CLE 28 will bring
up the 35/135 frameline on a Leica M camera. It is possible to modify
the bayonet flange by adding extra material to bring up the correct
framel
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Well it cut off my final line which was to say that the CL took sales
away from Leica's premium (and money making) cameras
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I have not used a CL extensively but can answer your questions. The
eyepeice correction lenses are CL only and are extremely difficult to
find (found this in the Leica-users archives). The 40mm summicron is a
very sharp, highly regarded lens and just as good as the 50mm
summicron of the day (ie. excellent). Both of the 90mm f4 lenses were
made by Leitz in Germany and are very good if a little slow compared
to what we are now used to. The lenses for the CLE were multicoated
but they also used a different focussing cam. The original CL lenses
used a "steep" cam that was different from the M camera's lens cam.
When Minolta made the CLE and its lenses they switched to the M camera
type of cam so these lens are not supposed to focus accurately on the
CL. I have heard people say they work just fine but would recomend you
do your own focussing tests with a yard stick to be sure before
buying. The CL rangefinder is fine for focussing its lenses. I would
not mount a 50mm f1.4 to it nor would I mount a 90mm f2.0. If you
stick with the CL's original lenses you will get sharp contrasty
properly focussed images. Some people use a 90mm F2.8 and say it
focusses fine but do your own tests first. The CL was a great camera
and singlehandedly killed off the M5 and almost took out the M4 line
as well. Leica stopped making them as they made very little money off
them, though Minolta did alright making them for Leica, and the CL
took away from sales of t
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The winder M (as well as the winder M4-P and the winder M4-2
serial no. 10350 and up) fires at three frames per second with light
pressure on the shutter release. The shutter release button cycles up
and down as it working. As long as you do not have a choke hold on the
camera it works just fine. The above mentioned winders use a motor
that is "on" all the time and when the wind cycle is complete a shock
absorber in the winder takes the load of the motor stopping off of the
camera winding mechanism. This shock absorber in the winder includes
some foam which, after repeatedly getting the stuffing knocked out of
it, fails and allows body of the winder to be struck. Voila, a loud
clank results. It can be repaired, I just had mine done a short while
ago. The winder is never "whisper quiet" as Leica advertises (I must
confess I have never heard any Germans whispering so I am not truly
qualified to make the last statement) but compares favourably to a
motorized N**** F3 or other such beast.
The winder M4-2 serial no. 10349 and older is a completely
different winder. There is no continuous feature and winder is not
"on" all the time. The winder is switched "on" by a rod in the shutter
release mechanism of the camera. This shutter release button - rod -
winder system is quite often out of adjustment resulting in the winder
being switched "on" if you slightly depress the shutter release button
but decide not to fire the shutter. Some pretty amazing noises result
scaring the life out of the unsuspecting photographer (and PopPhoto I
might add).
The only cameras these winders work on are the M4-2, M4-P and M6
series of cameras. The early winder only works on M4-2 and most M4-P
cameras (those M4-Ps that do not have the shutter release rod can be
modified) but I would avoid this winder for the aforementioned
reasons
Using a Leica CL
in Leica and Rangefinders
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It cut off my last word again! Frameline. I will inset this garbage
sentence s