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<p>In Italy the "second hand film camera" market is down; a Nikon F5 cost 500 euros, in splendid conditions, but the Leica M prices are stable.<br>

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<p>I own a Leica CL, with an outstanding Summicron C 40/2. I use this combo mostly with colour slide films and i'm very happy. It's a little and very useful camera. A little suggestion for the Summicron C 40/2: the original 5.5 filter size it's same to 39x0.75 mm. The Nikkor 39 mm filters work perfectly.<br>

Very nice shots, Jay.<br>

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<p>Very interesting, thanks!<br>

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Yes, but is more still better a great shooting camera! Sorry for my very bad english...

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I solve the battery problem in my Canon F-1n (1981) and Canon FT-B QL (1974) with a Kanto adapter. This device, which work perfectly, employ a micro electronical circuit that automatically reduce the 1,55 voltage of the 386 silver oxide battery in the original 1,35 voltage of the PX625 mercury oxide battery. The Kanto adapter, that i strongly recommend, is available on www.smallbattery.company.org.uk or www.criscam.com

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I solve the battery problem on my Canonet G-III QL17 with a Kanto adapter, wich employ a micro electronical circuit that automatically reduce the 1,55 voltage of the 386 silver oxide battery in the original 1,35 voltage of the PX625 mercury oxide battery. This device work perfectly with both colour print and colour slide films. The Kanto adapter is available on www.smallbattery.company.org.uk or www.criscam.com

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Yes, it's a very rare lens, very beautyful and very good performer.

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If you mount the Summitar 50 with the 90 adapter ring, in the viewfinder will appear the 90 mm framing. If you don't want buy the correct adapter ring (not too expensive in the CV line) you need to block the framing lever in the 50 mm position with a little piece of Gaffer Tape.

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Great Paul!!!

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I use all the time my M2 (with 15/4.5 CV) - M7 (with Summicron 35/2 goggled) - MP (with Summicron 50 DR) and M5 (with Summicron 90 dechatable head) with colour slides and negatives. With BW films, i use my M3 with Summaron 35/2.8 goggled and Nikkor 85/2 LTM. As support, i own a Nikkor 135/3.5 LTM. I own, also, a Leica CL with Summicron C 40/2 and Jupiter 9 85/2, that i use when travel with my trekking bike Olympia Condor Hi-Light.

In M39 i own and use, occasionally, a Leica IIIf with Summitar 50 and a Canon 7 with CV 35/1.7, with CV 90/3.5 as support in the medium tele shooting.

In the SLR 35 mm i own many Nikon (F, F2A chrome, FAS black, Nikkormat FT3 chrome, Nikkormat FT3 black, Nikon FM, Nikon FM2n, Nikon FM3a black, Nikon FM3a chrome and many Nikkor lenses). I own also a Nikon F100 with some AF lenses, that i use when shoot at my two lovely little nephews and at friends of mine which play in a rock and blues band.

Also i own a little Canon FL/FD system (FP, F-1n and FT-b QL) and M42 system (two Pentax Spotmatics, a Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 STM, a Voigtländer Bessaflex TM and a Mamiya Sekor MSX) and a Rolleicord Vb as medium format camera (with waist level finder and ground glass from a Rolleiflex 2.8 F).

However, i'm not a collector but only a user (crazy, maybe). I use all of these items in the course of the year. Yet, i'm not against the digital capture, that simply consider as another way to make photography. I use only the film and mainly the mechanical cameras for a simply question of feeling: i find the film congenial with my spirit. Because, take a picture is, mainly, a need of the spirit.

Best light to all of you, film and sensor users.

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I own a Summicron 50 DR, a goggled Summaron 35/2.8 and a goggled Summicron 35. In the evening and in the night i read my books and reviews without need to light my neon lights... because i'm imself source of lights!

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If you speak about the recent Zeiss Ikon ZM, the compatibility with the Leica M lenses is complete.

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Yes, is a very good idea, although the Summicron 50 DR is sligthly better, in optical performance, than collapsible counterpart. In any case, your idea about the adapter ring is very intelligent and profitable.

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I own both Leica M2 and CL. Although the Leica CL is a very interesting compact RF camera, with an effective TTL meter and a good finder with a clear and useful RF patch, the Leica M2 is sensibly better than Leica CL. In the M2 the body construction is fantastic, all work very smooth. The finder and RF patch are superbly big, clear and work in faultless way.

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I own a Summaron 35/2.8 and CV Ultron 35/1.7. I prefer mutch more the classic rendition of the Summaron, in therms of sharpness and, above all, bokeh, sensibly better than my CV.

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The Summicron C 40/2 have a 5.5 Series filter size, that correspond to the 39x0.75 mm filter size. If you have a filters in 40,5 or 46 or 49 mm filter size, contact an expert photo artisan and ask you to make a correct adapter ring.

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The limited range in the closest focus capability is the major drawback in all the RF systems. I own several Leica M cameras and own, also, the DR Summicron 50 (1962), with the proper "non glass goggles", that allow a minimum focus distance from 48 and 88 cm (in normal use, the focus work from 1 meter to infinity). The DR with the proper "non glass goggles" is very uncomfortable to use. Why not try the Visoflex II or III system with your 50 Summicron?

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If you dont't find the original foldable lens hood, also work very well the IROOA type, that i use on my Summitar 50 from 1955.

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A very fantastic fake, this Zorki camo... The most ridicolous thing is the very fanciful Summiron 50 mm f/ 3.5.

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No, don't exist any metal hood for the Cron C 40/2. The filter size of the Cron C 40/2 is 5.5 series (aka 39x0.75 mm).

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Not a true digital rangefinder at all, but a digital compact with the same 4/3 sensor of the Panaleimpus DSLRs and a fully interchangeable lenses. A true interesting way, more versatile than DP1 Sigma.

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Is not possible, first because the 28/90 for the Leica Digilux 2 is a fixed lens zoom, not dechatable from the Digilux 2. Second, because is designed only for the coverage of the 2/3" sensor. Third, because the finder of the Leica M8 have the classic framing system of the finder of the other Leica M cameras; this system don't work with the true zoom lenses. Fourth, because the zoom of the Digilux 2 surely block the viewfinder of any M cameras.

Last but not least, the manual focus would be simply impossible.

The same considerations also concern the 14/50 (28/100) zoom of the 4/3 DSLR Leica Digilux 3.

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The Elmarit lenses are all f/ 2.8, the Summicron lenses are all f/ 2, the Summilux lenses are all f/ 1.4 while the new Summarit lenses are all f/ 2.5.

In the past time, there are a particular Summarit 50 mm lens that was an f/ 1.5 while the 35 mm film compact cameras Leica Minilux and CM was equipped with a fixed lens Summarit 40/2.4.

Generally speaking, the Aspherical M lenses are sharper and more contrasted than non Aspherical M lenses, but are less interesting in therms of bokeh, plasticity and tridimensionality of the images.

The choice of one or other range of lenses is a matter of taste: personally, for example, i love the old Non Aspherical lenses.

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The slide projectors have all the same lens mount (except the Kodak Carousel types). I use a Leica Super Colorplan 90/2.5 lens on a Reflecta 1500 projector, and work very well.

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The same for M7 and M6TTL (SF20, SF24, Metz 54 MZ-4i, Metz 45 CL-4 Digital, Metz 76 MZ6).

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Zeiss Ikon Super Ikomta IV.

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