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Why a Russian Lens needs to be adjusted for a Leica- the focal length is built to the Zeiss Standard
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<blockquote data-quote="akuiper" data-source="post: 394541" data-attributes="member: 14069"><p>Hi, agree,</p><p>- I bought a Orion-15 28mm "new old stock" and now 'finely adjusted for Leica-M, from a Ukraine seller. Indeed, it follows the rangefinder very, very good, with precise focussing at even 1 m and fully opened; only infinity goes beyond the infinity stop, (a mm) but that is of no importance. So the seller did adjust very precisely.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER - the lens is misaligned, <span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">decentered</span>. One side of the picture waves into infinity on a brick wall. In some pictures clearly to be seen, and at the edges of the frame (long side on the bottom at infinity) He adjusted it on an M8 . . . there you might not see it.</p><p>Still I like the lens for its small footprint, I coded it as Summaron and that is not perfect but OK. I like a lens that gives sharpness on the bottom close-by; on the top there is only sky in general, who cares <em>up there in heaven</em> about a wavering focal plane. By the way, pictures are 'fun' and sharp, colours sometimes go far into non-saturated with backlight, and details have a certain 'clumpiness' like a grain to them that is pleasing. Apart from the lopsided mounting of the lens elements (and I expect they were glued so could not be recovered into the production line) it is a nice lens . . by far of course not as good as the ZM 28 I have. But it is unobtrusive, small, light.</p><p>So now I understand 'new old stock', <span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">these were factory rejects</span>.</p><p></p><p>Many Russian Elmar 3.5.50mm copies (Industar-50, -22) are sold now even with new nameplates on them to pass off as Leitz Elmar. I do like it they can be spotted easily, with their fancy LOMO-style colours. Red, gold. I am <em>sure</em> these fakes will never focus correctly.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">By the way, some 'modern' refurbishers who on demand place a lenshead inside another barrel, glue too. They use quick fixing dental two-component guck.I hold my breath. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akuiper, post: 394541, member: 14069"] Hi, agree, - I bought a Orion-15 28mm "new old stock" and now 'finely adjusted for Leica-M, from a Ukraine seller. Indeed, it follows the rangefinder very, very good, with precise focussing at even 1 m and fully opened; only infinity goes beyond the infinity stop, (a mm) but that is of no importance. So the seller did adjust very precisely. HOWEVER - the lens is misaligned, [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]decentered[/COLOR]. One side of the picture waves into infinity on a brick wall. In some pictures clearly to be seen, and at the edges of the frame (long side on the bottom at infinity) He adjusted it on an M8 . . . there you might not see it. Still I like the lens for its small footprint, I coded it as Summaron and that is not perfect but OK. I like a lens that gives sharpness on the bottom close-by; on the top there is only sky in general, who cares [I]up there in heaven[/I] about a wavering focal plane. By the way, pictures are 'fun' and sharp, colours sometimes go far into non-saturated with backlight, and details have a certain 'clumpiness' like a grain to them that is pleasing. Apart from the lopsided mounting of the lens elements (and I expect they were glued so could not be recovered into the production line) it is a nice lens . . by far of course not as good as the ZM 28 I have. But it is unobtrusive, small, light. So now I understand 'new old stock', [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]these were factory rejects[/COLOR]. Many Russian Elmar 3.5.50mm copies (Industar-50, -22) are sold now even with new nameplates on them to pass off as Leitz Elmar. I do like it they can be spotted easily, with their fancy LOMO-style colours. Red, gold. I am [I]sure[/I] these fakes will never focus correctly. [FONT=courier new]By the way, some 'modern' refurbishers who on demand place a lenshead inside another barrel, glue too. They use quick fixing dental two-component guck.I hold my breath. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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