This made my day!

[richard_l]

So there you are, you have it in a nutshell, you can use your lens on any camera with the specs off providing you follow the above.

..........Whether anyone would want to is a different matter entirely............ 🙂

You can scale focus any goggled 35mm lens (Summicron 35/2, Summaron 35/2.8, Summaron 35/3.5), with or without the goggles attached. I almost always scale focus my 40mm and wider lenses, but I like to leave the goggles on for those rare occasions when I want to pinpoint the focus with the rangefinder.

 

[Hektor]

Richard,

My point exactly, I'm trying to think of an occaision when one would want to take the goggles off, but Leitz obviously, originally, thought it would be necessary.........I'm puzzled.




p.s. I don't think 35f2's have removeable goggles do they and my 35f1.4 is cast all in one piece.

 

[richard_l]

Richard,

My point exactly, I'm trying to think of an occaision when one would want to take the goggles off, but Leitz obviously, originally, thought it would be necessary.........I'm puzzled.




p.s. I don't think 35f2's have removeable goggles do they and my 35f1.4 is cast all in one piece.

The goggles do add a bit of weight, and for landscapes and such, scale focus is usually good enough. For apertures f/2 and larger, scale focus sucks for near to moderate distances. I have to scale focus my Rollei 35, but if I have a rangefinder on the camera, it's nice to be able to use it.

 

[Paul Connet]

Richard,

My point exactly, I'm trying to think of an occaision when one would want to take the goggles off, but Leitz obviously, originally, thought it would be necessary.........I'm puzzled.

I learned all of this the hard way. I bought a 35f3.5 Summaron for my first M6 without knowing it needed goggles. The eBay seller also claimed no knowledge of the need for goggles, but gave me a discount on the price so I kept the lens. It took a little while for me to discover the focusing problem, but it is obvious when you focus on something 3 feet away and the lens scale says it is only a little over 2 ft. away. I used the lens for a year before I was able to find goggles for it, and it was actually pretty easy to use with scale focusing in normal daylight conditions. I have an M3 now and prefer to use the goggled lens on it.

Regards, Paul C.

 

[jaapv]

Here it is, with and without goggles, note the little screw on top to remove them, it only works on infinity and after removal one has to push the little knob on top to release infinity. I will try the distance-scale and RF correlation later.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

That's the same version I have, can't wait to see some pics.

Todd

 

[jaapv]

So do I, but I have some 500 digital holiday pics to get through first.....

 

[Hektor]

If you use it wide open and set the scale to 10 meters, everything from 6m to inf is in focus.

Stop it down to f11 and set 3.9 meters, then dof is 2m (6 foot) to infinity.

It's a pretty good point and shoot lens, with or without the spectacles.