39mm screw lenses

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	(ja)	Alta \| Baika \| Bessa L/T/R \| Canon II/III/IV \| Canon VT \| Canon VIT \| Canon P \| Canon 7 \| Canon 7s \| Chiyoca \| Chiyotax \| Gokoku \| Honor S1 \| Honor SL \| Ichicon-35 \| Jeicy \| Konica FR \| Lausar \| Leotax \| Leotax G \| Melcon \| Melcon II \| Muley \| Nicca \| Nicca III-L \| Nippon \| Tanack 35/IIIS/IV-S \| Tanack SD \| Tanack VP \| Teica \| Yashica YE \| Yashica YL \| Yasuhara T981
	(uk)	Periflex \| Reid
	(ussr)	FED \| Zorki \| MIR \| Drug \| Leningrad
M39 l e n s e s	(de)	Astro Berlin \| Enna \| Hensoldt \| Isco \| Meyer \| Rodenstock \| Schacht \| Schneider \| Steinheil \| Voigtländer \| Zeiss
	(ja)	Arco (Colinar, Snowva) \| Canon (Serenar) \| Fuji (Cristar, Fujinon) \| K.O.L. (Xebec) \| Konica (Hexanon) \| Konishiroku (Hexar, Hexanon) \| Kowa (Prominar) \| Kyōei (Acall) \| Lena \| Leotax \| Chiyoda / Minolta (Rokkor) \| Misuzu (Altanon) \| MS Optical R&D \| Nicca \| Nippon Kōgaku (Nikkor) \| Olympus (Zuiko) \| Orion (Supreme) \| Pentax \| Reise \| Ricoh \| Sankyō (Komura) \| Shōwa Kōki (Piotar) \| Sun (Sola, Sophia, Xebec) \| Tanaka (Tanar) \| Telesar \| Tōkyō Kōgaku (Simlar, Topcor) \| Voigtländer \| Y.K. Optical (Kobalux, Avenon) \| Zeika (Rojar) \| Zuihō (Honor) \| Teikoku / Zunow
	(fr)	Angénieux \| Berthiot
	(uk)	Corfield \| Dallmeyer \| National Opt. Co. \| Pam \| Ross \| Taylor, Taylor & Hobson
	(it)	Elionar \| Koritska \| Kristall \| Trixar \| Wega
	(nl)	Old Delft
	(us)	Bausch & Lomb \| Kodak

The 39mm screw mount was introduced by Leica with the model I (C), and used on all the Leica models until the IIIg. The mount was adopted on many Leica copies and other 35mm rangefinder cameras.

The mount is also called Leica Thread Mount (LTM), Leica Screw Mount (LSM), or M39. It is 39mm diameter and 26 threads per inch, with rangefinder coupling.

The most important bodies using the 39mm screw mount are:

Leica I/II/III
Canon rangefinders
Voigtländer Bessa
the Russian FED, Zorki, Leningrad and Drug
the British Corfield Periflex

Some makers made cameras and lenses with a 39mm screw mount completely incompatible with the Leica one, because the flange-to-film distance is different. Two such systems are:

the Braun Paxette
the Russian Zenit, first models

We can attempt to make a list of 39mm screw lenses from the most important makers. All the lenses in this list are genuine Leica mount lenses, or at least were advertised as such by reputable dealers. Today some merchants convert old and rare lenses into Leica mount. Please do not include these converted lenses in the list.

Acall

Marked Acall.

35/3.5 W-Acall, black and chrome, looks the same as Komura and Telesar

Angénieux

35/3.5 Type X1, black
35/2.5 Retrofocus R1, black
50/2.9 Type S2 collapsible, chrome, focusing tab, for Gamma
50/1.5 Type S21, black and chrome

Astro Berlin

Astro Berlin seems to have made some lenses with a genuine Leica mount. Today, many sellers are adapting Astro lenses to the Leica mount, often assembling them with the rear barrel of a 50/3.5 Elmar.

55/1.8 Pan-Tachar, chrome (seen at ebay)
58/1.5 Pan-Tachar, chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
75/2 Gauss-Tachar, black and chrome, coupled (at cameraquest)
125/2.3 Pan-Tachar, black and chrome, coupled (at cameraquest)
150/2.3 Astro-Portrait, black and chrome, heavy tripod collar, with Identoskop reflex housing (seen at ebay)

Bausch & Lomb

3in/2 EF Anastigmat, black, rangefinder coupled, advertised as original mount

Berthiot

28/3.3 Angulor, chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
50/3.5 Flor (collapsible), chrome (see [1])
50/2.8 Flor (collapsible), chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction on a Gamma body, 23/5/2003)
50/1.5 Flor, chrome or chrome and black (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005, see also [2])
55/1.5 Flor, chrome (see [3])
75/2.8 Flor, chrome and black (see [4])
90/2.8 Flor, chrome (see [5])
145/4.5 Télé, chrome (ebay auction)

Links

A Japanese page about the Berthiot lenses for Leica

Canon

To be done

Corfield

See Corfield 39mm screw lenses

Dallmeyer

135/4.5 Dalrac, chrome and black
12"/4.5, black, rangefinder coupled, direct vision finder attached to the mount

A 12"/7.7 Dallon Tele-Anastigmat has been offered for sale at ebay with a Dallmeyer prototype reflex housing.

Enna

85/1.5 Ennaston (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)

FED

To be done

Fuji

Fuji made lenses in Leica mount in the 1950s or 1960s.

3.5cm/2, chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
5cm/2.8 L, black and chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
5cm/2 L, black and chrome (ebay auction)
5cm/1.2, chrome, later black
100/2, black and chrome

Hensoldt

A lens marked Dr Hensoldt Optik Wetzlar 1:1.8/f=55 1057 PROTO in a rigid chrome mount has been seen at an ebay auction.

Isco

The Isco Westar 50mm f/3.5, rigid with chrome finish, was the standard lens mounted on the prototypes of the Recta, a rangefinder variant of the Rectaflex.

Kilfitt

Kilfitt lenses had a set of adapters, to attach them on various lens mounts, among them Visoflex.

Kilfitt lens with a fixed 39mm screw mount, rangefinder coupled:

90/3.5 Kilar D, chrome, s/n 212-XXXX

KMZ

To be done

Kobalux

The small Japanese company YK from Yokohama made two wide angle lenses in Leica mount. They were sold under the names Kobalux, Avenon, Komura, Pasoptik, Bower or Adorama.

21/2.8 Super Wide, chrome or black
28/3.5 Wide, chrome or black

Kodak

47/2 Ektar, small focusing wheel, standard lens for the Kardon, same as the Retina or Bantam Special lens
50/2.8 Ektanar (see [6])

Komura

Made by Sankyo Koki, alias Komura.

28/3.5 W-Komura, black and chrome, hood
35/3.5 W-Komura, black and chrome
35/2.8 W-Komura, black and chrome, focusing tab
35/2.8 Komura, black with wide chrome stripes, focusing tab
80/3.5 Komura, black and chrome
105/3.5 Komura, black and chrome
105/2 Komura, black with chrome mount, finder, hood
500/7, black with one chrome ring, breaks in two parts for transport (for Visoflex?)
2x converter

Konica

Well before the Hexar RF, Konica had already made lenses in Leica mount, around the 1950s.

50/3.5 Hexar collapsible, all chrome, focusing tab
50/1.9 Hexanon

In the late 1990s they also made a new series of Leica mount lenses:

35/2 L Hexanon, chrome, 1000 made, 1996
35/2 L UC-Hexanon, black, two versions (see the page of Dante Stella), 1000 made, 2001
50/2.4 L Hexanon (collapsible), chrome, 1000 made, 1997
60/1.2 L Hexanon, black (see the cameraquest page), 800 made, 1999

Leica

To be done

Leotax

Showa Kogaku, better known as Leotax, apparently made their own lenses for their very first Leica copies, among which the rare Letana Anastigmat 50mm f/3.5 (see this Leotax page at cameraquest).

Meyer

Meyer made some lenses in 39mm Leica screw mount at an early date, mostly before World War II. They are marked Hugo Meyer.

3.5cm f/2.7 Makro-Plasmat, chrome with black ring (see [7])
4cm f/4.5 Weitwinkel Doppel Anastigmat, chrome, not coupled, marked Ohne Kupplung (ebay auction)
5cm f/2.7 Makro-Plasmat (collapsible), chrome (see [8])
5cm f/1.9 Primoplan (collapsible), chrome (see [9])
1 5/8" f/1.5 Kino-Plasmat, all chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
10.5cm f/2.7 Makro-Plasmat, black and chrome, rangefinder coupled (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005, see also [10])
10.5cm f/4.5 Trioplan, black and chrome, rangefinder coupled (ebay auction)
15cm f/5.5 Tele-Megor, chrome, not rangefinder coupled, marked Ohne Kupplung (ebay auction)
250/5.5 Tele-Megor, black with chrome rings, rangefinder coupled (sold at Westlicht Auction 29/05/2005), external finder (chrome) marked 25cm

Minolta

28/3.5 G-Rokkor, chrome, 2000 made, 1998, same lens as the Minolta TC-1
50/3.5 QF-Rokkor macro lens, not rangefinder coupled, part of the Minolta MC/MD lens system

Nikon

25/4 W-Nikkor C, all chrome
28/3.5 W-Nikkor C, all chrome
35/1.8 W-Nikkor C, black and chrome
35/2.5 W-Nikkor C, all chrome
35/3.5 W-Nikkor C, all chrome
50/1.4 Nikkor-S, all chrome
50/1.5 Nikkor-S C, all chrome
50/2 Nikkor-H C (collapsible), all chrome
50/2 Nikkor-H C (rigid), all chrome or chrome with black front ring
50/3.5 Nikkor-Q C (collapsible), all chrome
50/3.5 Nikkor-Q C (rigid), all chrome
50/3.5 Micro-Nikkor, chrome and black
85/1.5 Nikkor-S C, black
85/2 Nikkor-P C, black or all chrome
105/2 Nikkor-P C, black
135/3.5 Nikkor-Q, black
135/4 Nikkor-Q C, all chrome

Old Delft

3.5cm/3.5 Minor, chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
9cm/4.5 Delfar (see [11])

Olympus

Olympus made one lens in Leica mount, the 4cm f/2.8 Zuiko C. It was sold with its external finder, marked with the Olympus logo and 4 cm.

Pam

105/4.5 Britar, all chrome, with Pam optical finder

Pentax

43/1.9 SMC-Pentax-L Special, 800 made in chrome and 1200 in black, year 2000, same as the SLR lens

Ricoh

21/3.5 GR, 1000 made in chrome and 700 in black, 1999, same lens as the Ricoh GR-21
28/3.5 GR, 2000 made in chrome and 1000 in black, 1997, same lens as the Ricoh GR-1

Rodenstock

35/2.8 Heligon, all chrome

Ross

The British optical company Ross made some lenses in 39mm screw mount. The Xtralux range was released together with the Reid British Leica copy.

90/3.5 Xtralux, black and chrome, normally coupled, one advertised at ebay auction as having no rangefinder cam
4"/5.5 Teleros, black and nickel, collapsible (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
135/4.5 Xtralux, black and chrome

Schacht

35/3.5 Travenar-R, black with wide chrome stripes
90/2.8 Travenar-R, black with wide chrome stripes

Schneider

Schneider made some lenses in Leica mount very early, before World War II. They also made special lenses ordered by Leica.

35/2.8 Xenogon, chrome
50/2.8 Xenar (collapsible), chrome
50/2 Xenon (collapsible), chrome
8cm/2 Xenon, uncoupled, black and chrome (sold at Westlicht Auction 27/11/2005)
8cm/2 Xenon, black and chrome
80/2 Xenon, black and chrome (see [12])
13.5cm/3.5 Xenar, black and chrome
135/3.5 Tele-Xenar, all chrome

Steinheil

Steinheil made some lenses in M39 mount. It was essentially the optical range developed for their own Casca model. They were all in chrome finish.

35/4.5 Orthostigmat
50/2 Quinon
50/2.8 Triplar collapsible (offered at ebay as a prototype)
75/1.5 Selenar (ebay auction, said 10 made)
85/2.8 Culminar
135/4.5 Culminar
135/4.5 Triplar

Steinheil also made lenses for the Braun Paxette, with a 39mm diameter screw mount, not compatible with the Leica rangefinder because the flange to film distance and rangefinder coupling were different.

A 50/2.8 Triplar collapsible lens has been offered for sale at ebay, as a prototype lens. A 75/

Sun

75/3.5, black and chrome
90/4 Sola, chrome

Tanaka

Made by Tanaka Kogaku, originally sold for the Tanack Leica copy.

35/3.5 W Tanar, chrome
50/2.8 Tanar, black and chrome
50/3.5 Tanar, chrome

Taylor & Hobson

Taylor, Taylor & Hobson made the collapsible 2" f/2 Anastigmat as the standard lens for the Reid British Leica copy. They also made a rigid 2" f/2 Cooke Amotal Anastigmat lens for the Bell & Howell Foton camera. Some of them were later converted to the Leica screw mount, but it is also possible some were originally made for it.