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Sony NEX-7 Full Spectrum IR * magenta fringing issue.Ĭondition Bought from a Japanese ebay seller in excellent condition. Minolta 40.5mm Rubber Lens Hood for M-Rokkor 40/2 Unknown Leica M to Sony E-Mount with Macro Focusing Helicoid Adapter (Black) Mounted front filter: Generic 40.5mm IR Cut Filter Minimum focus distance as adapted: 32 inches It’s a tiny lens, the smallest Leica’s ever produced. It seems closely related to the Summicron 35/2 III, sharing the same number of elements and basic optical design, as well as many imaging characteristics. There is a Minolta descendant – the M-Rokkor 40/2 – with improved coatings but otherwise identical optics. Produced for the Leica CL – the “Compact Leica” during 1973–76, there are no versions to keep track of. The Leica Summicron-C 40/2 is a discontinued normal lens for the Leica M-mount.
OTOH the earlier CL Minolta and Leica Summicron are optically identical.Ħ elements, 4 groups double-gauss design. Lens coating - the CLE Minolta is claimed to have a subtle magenta cast. Manufacture - (Minolta) Japan (Leica) Germany Although a E39 filter may fit, the thread-pitch is subtly different and it won't screw in all the way.
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http://leicaphilia.com/tag/m-rokkor-40mm/ĭifference between Leica & Minolta 40mm's:įilters - (Minolta) 40.5mm thread (Leica) Series 5.5 held in place by the screw-in rubber hood. Suffice it to say that the Summicron-C and the M-Rokkor in whatever version are very compact and incredibly sharp, still as good relatively today as they were 40 years ago. Minolta also produced a later version of the M-Rokkor for the Minolta CLE, the M-Rokkor 40mm f/2 mark II, which is multicoated and reputed to be slightly better optically than the Summicron and first version M-Rokker, although I suspect that’s down to internet speculation. The Summicron and Rokkor are identical in performance, and many people prefer the M-Rokkor as it uses a standard 40.5mm filter and hood. Minolta produced the M-Rokkor 40mm f/2, which was an optical design identical the Leica Summicron-C 40mm and manufactured it in Tokyo with Minolta glass. Leitz designed and produced the Summicron-C 40mm in Germany. When sold with a Leitz Minolta CL, the lenses were called Minolta M-Rokkor 40mm f:2 and 90mm f:4. The CL came standard with either a 40mm f/2 Summicron-C or 40mm f/2 Rokkor M. 3,500 examples of the Leica CL received a special 50 Jahre marking in 1975, for Leica’s 50th anniversary.
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Sixty-five thousand serial numbers were allotted to the Leica CL, and additionally approximately 20,000 Leitz Minolta CL’s were produced. In Japan it was sold as the” Leitz Minolta CL” and “Minolta CL”. and Europe, the CL was sold as the “Leica CL”. In reality, all of the cameras were made on the same assembly line in Minolta’s factory in Japan. Leica put their name on the CLs they sold, and they were put through “German quality control,” but that’s really the only difference between the Leica or (Leitz) Minolta CL. They were developed by Leitz/Leica in collaboration with Minolta, and manufactured by Minolta between 19. The Leica CL and the Leitz Minolta CL are 35 mm compact mechanical rangefinder cameras with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M-mount. Leitz approached Minolta, and the Leica CL was born. To keep production costs to a minimum, they needed the camera to be manufactured by an outside company with hi-tech capabilities and lower labor costs than those in Germany. Leica looked for ways to cut costs while expanding their market share. In the late 60s and early 70s, production costs in Germany had risen high enough that it was beginning to price Leitz products out of an increasingly competitive sales environment.
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In 1971 Leica decided to produce a compact Leica (CL) camera that would be a less expensive alternative to their pro model M5.