Canon 50mm f1.9 on L1

[jwnash1]

My Canon 50mm f1.9 will not collapse into My Canon L1. The lens tube hits a baffle on the bottom inside the camera. I Know collapsible lens are an issue on the Canon 7 but did not realize they were on earlier models. Is this normal or does my lens have an alignment problem?
John

 

[davhill]

Normal. To quote from a PHOTRIO posting by “Trask” ...
“I've got a number of LTM cameras (Canon P, L1, 7s, Leica III), and a couple of 50mm lenses (Summarit, Elmar). While I can use the collapsible Elmar on the Leica and collapse it when not in use, I can't collapse the lens on the Canons because the collapsing mount hits internal baffles inside the camera.”
... which says it very succinctly. (My Elmar 50/3.5 can, with extreme care, wiggle past the baffles in my Canon P.

A good solution is to wrap a thick rubberband, or a ring of plastic tape, around the lens barrel to prevent the lens from retracting far enough to hit the baffles.

 

[02Pilot]

No problem with the lens. None of the faster collapsible lenses will collapse into the later (series V and up) Canon bodies, at least without tweaking the light baffles. f/3.5 collapsibles will usually go in without too much difficulty.

 

[jwnash1]

Thanks for the input guys. It looks like the lens will have to reside on the IVS and not be used on the L1