Re: They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Pentax made a Leica-mount version of the 43/1.9 limited. On Dec 15, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On 12/14/2011 10:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Yeah, I saw that and thought it was pretty silly. I hunted and found two Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Limiteds available on Ebay. One in the

Re: They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-15 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm lost here.  It sounds like there is some interesting lens mount compatibility issues going on here.  Could someone please give me a brief explanation? Rokkor is Minolta, did they make lenses for Leica? Minolta made a

Re: They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 12/14/2011 10:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: ... went for an M-Rokkor 40mm f/2 instead (identical to the Summicron-C 40mm f/2 I had with my CL once upon a time). I'm lost here.  It sounds like there is some

They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-14 Thread P. J. Alling
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=113676 But then they couldn't have posted that. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yeah, I saw that and thought it was pretty silly. I hunted and found two Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Limiteds available on Ebay. One in the box as original from China at about $1000 and the other the lens only for about $800. I was very tempted, but went for an M-Rokkor 40mm f/2 instead (identical to the

Re: They could have just looked for a 43mm limited in M mount...

2011-12-14 Thread Larry Colen
On 12/14/2011 10:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Yeah, I saw that and thought it was pretty silly. I hunted and found two Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Limiteds available on Ebay. One in the box as original from China at about $1000 and the other the lens only for about $800. I was very tempted, but