minolta cle and 50/2 collapsible summicron

Do you have a CLE now? Do you see a metering arm inside the body that a collapsed lens would hit? No, you don't see an arm? Then why the heck do you think a collapsible lens would harm the metering arm?

Why do people keep asking this over and over? Are you a climate change scientist?
 
beemermark: let's see -- i think i can answer your questions: no; no; no; no; no; no. does it follow then that the answer to my question, also, is "no"? ;) you forgot to ask if i actually like the weather. for that, i can say "yes".

ok but in fact i didn't see any references to the collapsing summicron actually collapsed either on this site or elsewhere. please point me to the reference, if you don't mind.

paul: thanks! lovely place.
 
Long long ago, when I had both a CLE and a collapsible Summicron, I put the shutter on B and carefully collapsed the lens while watching through the opening.

IIRC, and I could well be wrong, the clearance was so tight that I had no confidence in doing it in actual practice. I know I never used that lens on that camera and eventually sold the collapsible. The metering cells are at the bottom of the shutter space and I had no interest in screwing those up.

Beemermark is unable to distinguish between CL and CLE. It's like the difference between an R75 and a K75, sort of.
 
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don't do it.

use some dymo-type label tape to prevent the lens from fully retracting, unless of course you'd like that CLE to become a meterless RF.
 
Beemermark said:
Do you have a CLE now? Do you see a metering arm inside the body that a collapsed lens would hit? No, you don't see an arm? Then why the heck do you think a collapsible lens would harm the metering arm?

Why do people keep asking this over and over? Are you a climate change scientist?
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Is this guy here just to tick people off
And what a great impression he makes on new members
 
so the tally:

2 yes (by fiat)
1 maybe (with mod)
1 no (too close)

well, i'm a risk taker and ordered a CLE so i will soon see what happens. i don't really see how the barrel can damage the light meter bits since they seem to be embedded below the chamber where the lens barrel collapses. am i missing something from photographs?
 
brief update: it fits, just. joe described it correctly. the clearance is extremely tight and if the lens barrel is loose when collapsed, it might bump against the baffle that protects the light meter. i can't see how it would touch the meter optics, though, unless something fell off the lens barrel.

the cle is a nice little camera. MP/CLE -- you're right, the 40mm is small indeed and i figure if the cle works for me i'll pick up a 40mm down the road.

thanks all,

rj
 
The CLE with the 28, 40 and 90 makes a nice versatile kit for anything but closeup work. Adding finders etc just drifts away from the designers' intent. I'm sure you'll like working with it.
 
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