mretina
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Anyone familiar or can point me to more information on the version in leica screwmount? I cannot find hardly anything on the web. Thanks.
Schneider Xenar 50mm f3.5 LTM
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I have not heard of a Schneider Xenar 50mm f3.5 in LTM fitting.
Schneider did produce 50mm Xenon's in f1.5 and f2 versions in LTM fitting but in limited numbers only.
Schneider did produce 50mm Xenon's in f1.5 and f2 versions in LTM fitting but in limited numbers only.
x-ray
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You might contact Schneider in Germany. They kept pretty good records of various lenses.
02Pilot
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Are you sure it's an LTM lens? The Braun Paxette used the same threading but has a different focal plane depth, so lenses will screw into an LTM camera but will not focus properly.
raid
Dad Photographer
I have such a lens (but it is a 50/2.8 Xenon) that was custom fitted into a ltm lens.
mretina
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Schneider Xenar 50mm f3.5 LTM
It appears it was a coated collapsible standard lens on the Gatto Sonne models (an Italian post-war Leica copy) alongside the Elionar 50/3.5 (produced by Galileo) and the Xenar 50/2.8.
I found a couple of pictures on the web and some literature confirming this with reference to the Gatto sales catalogue.
However no mention in the Schneider lists. Including their web-site (vintage lens info section). I have now tried to email them.
Was curious to know if it should be considered a limited production by Schneider and not a "custom fitting". Also if it was the same optical formula as the 50/3.5 for other mounts (Tessar type).
Pics below.
It appears it was a coated collapsible standard lens on the Gatto Sonne models (an Italian post-war Leica copy) alongside the Elionar 50/3.5 (produced by Galileo) and the Xenar 50/2.8.
I found a couple of pictures on the web and some literature confirming this with reference to the Gatto sales catalogue.
However no mention in the Schneider lists. Including their web-site (vintage lens info section). I have now tried to email them.
Was curious to know if it should be considered a limited production by Schneider and not a "custom fitting". Also if it was the same optical formula as the 50/3.5 for other mounts (Tessar type).
Pics below.
mretina
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Schneider Xenar 50mm f3.5 LTM
Picture of the sales leaflet below.
Picture of the sales leaflet below.
