on 2/2/02 1:10 pm, Lee Hunt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Would you clarify for me what you mean by M42? Is this Leica Screw mount? > > Lee > > Gena wrote: > >> David, I have the whole line of Zeiss M42 lenses, and I'm using them >> frequently with my EOS. As I have quit using the auto-metering of >> the bodies (I have a Seconic 608 and use it all the time, as I don't >> trust the the metering algorithms of EOS and G1).
Lee, The Leica screw-mount is the L39. The M42 mount was developed by East German Zeiss (later Pentacon), and used also by Praktica, Edixa, etc; and most famously by Pentax for many years. Tim * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
