New 50/2.8 Elmar on M8, retractable?

[boobo]

Hi guys,

I have been using the new 50/2.8 Elmar lens quite often recently. It's a very good lens, light and sharp. It's a compact combination with M6 when the lens retracted into the body.

I also use it on M8 but never tried to collapse the lens into M8 body. I am not sure if that would cause any damage to the body. I don't have the courage to experiment it on M8. I also plan to use it on R-D1 and CLE bodies. Can the lens be retracted on M8, R-D1 and CLE bodies? Any idea?

Thanks.

 

[ian_w]

Hey

I use the lens an M6TTL and obviously it's fine on that, but from what I recall there was some confusion about its use on the M8 that was cleared up saying that it's okay to use after all. The Voigtlander and CL cameras are a no-go without some dymo tape or a hair band to stop it collapsing fully - it contacts the shutter in the voigt and can break the meter arm in the CL. If the situation has changed I'm sure I'll be corrected 🙂

Ian

 

[boobo]

Thanks Ian. So, it's okay to retract it on M8. How about on Epson R-D1 and Minolta CLE?

 

[jaapv]

You can collapse it no problem. You can see it collapsed in my avatar.

 

[Gary Sandhu]

Yes, it collapses without problem in my M8 and Epson r-d1. I don't know about the CLE.

 

[planar]

Slightly off topic, but it will NOT collapse fully with a Zeiss Ikon. I'd learned this in a hard way.

 

[boobo]

Thanks buddies. I will try it out on my CLE. Will post the result. 🙂

 

[boobo]

I tried Elmar on CLE and collapsed the lens. Seems no problem.

 

[jaapv]

WARNING! It won't work on the CL!! It will hit the exposure sensor.