On 4 Nov 2005 at 16:03, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The Heliar is an inverted telephoto design, but not a radical one > being designed for a thin rangefinder body with no mirror in the way. > It sits about as close to the film as the Biogon 21 .. I had both > once upon a time. The Contax Hologon 16 lens sits so close to the > Contax G cameras' shutter blinds that the camera is programmed to > only use the external light meter sensor when it was fitted, TTL > light metering is disabled completely. It shows extreme format growth.
I had a Hologon in my Contax G kit, nice little lens, pity about the camera. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
