Of course there was an alternative - a Leica IIIg! :-) The early CV
Bessas were screw mount too.
And of course the 15mm was also made in Nikon F mount...
RF on a 15mm? Icing on the cake - unnecessary but quite nice.
Andrew Fildes
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On 13/05/2010, at 7:58 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> As you pointed out the Leica screw to M mount is very
> unobtrusive. When I bought my CV 15mm lens it was only available in
> screw fitting so there was NO alternative to the adaptor (or is it
> adapter?). I believe CV now do the 15mm in bayonet mount, same
> optical formulae but much more expensive. $160 over screw
> mount......adaptor $60. Admittedly it has rangefinder coupling but
> is this really needed on a 15mm lens!
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