I really don't know but doubt seriously if any “Hoggers” (as you put it) have ever managed to get a copy of the “Q” from B&H, or any other bona fide Leica dealer for that matter. Just did a quick check of the web sites of: Adorama, popflash.photo, Classic Connection LLC; as well as the local (DC) Leica Store, Leica Store Miami and Leica Store San Francisco, and all are still listing the “Q” as either a “pre-order” or “out of stock” item. Hell, same situation with Leica Store London Mayfair and even Leica Store Berlin (“Bitte Liefertermin erfragen!” i.e., “Please ask about delivery date”). Although there are online “hands-on” reviews e.g.,The Leica Q…in Review and what may be pre-production copies floating around for sale by “Scalpers” :) on Amazon and eBay, there sure seems to be some widespread availability problem.

Graham Smith was making reference to the new mirrorless SL, not the medium format S2 (DSLR).

I’m wondering if the recommendation could have been for you to buy a polarizing filter, not a UV. These aren’t “magical devices” by any means but where you might want to take a photo through your sliding glass doors, for example, a filter of this type can help in reducing interior reflections in some cases.

At any rate, I’d second MtnMan’s suggestion. Everyone should a have polarizer. (And there are a slew of prior threads on that topic.)

Me too. Out of curiosity I plugged one dollar into BLS’s CPI Inflation Calculator and the price is equivalent to $17.12 US in today’s money. For a little perspective of sorts, the March 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics was selling for 25¢ (one quarter of Fortune’s price but actually not too shabby itself since that works out to $4.28). :)

Hmm. I agree with the last part of your statement although I’d substitute know for learn. And for the record, here are my two, all prettied-up for their portrait. I’ve had the M4 (left) -- “Best … 135 Camera … Ever” as Comic Book Guy might put it -- since the early 1970s; the (TYP 240) since the Summer of 2013. :) :)

Take a couple of minutes and watch this guy’s You Tube review. Seems like a pretty fair assessment all in all, especially since Canons don’t have in-body stabilization.

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The Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts TAAB dealer is selling them on eBay if that's any help.

Quick clarification/update for any who might be interested.

The news that Cosina was “throwing in the towel,” as one blogger put it, with regard to their line of Voigtlander-branded products has shades of Mark Twain’s famous misquote. It’s true that some items were purged, however, it seems the enterprise is very much alive and well. In fact, the RINGFOTO subsidiary company, Voigtländer GmbH, just announced plans for some new E-mount lenses for Sony users.

Not to worry, it can be done! (Check this out HERE) :)

That side of the story, the cancellation of the actual lenses themselves, is unfortunate especially since these so-called “Voigtlanders” are well made and of Cosina’s own designs. Perhaps they will see fit to reissue some, like the 40mm f/2 you mention, under their own brand name in the future.

I really don’t think this latest event is sad at all. As pointed out on the Wikipedia page, Cosina Voigtländer:

“Cosina started producing cameras and lenses under the Voigtländer brand in 1999, when it introduced a new M39 mount body and lenses. It has since produced a prodigious variety of these lenses in M39x26, Leica M mount, Nikon S rangefinder mount (some fully usable with Contax RF bodies), and SLR mounts including M42 and Nikon F. Cosina produces hoods and accessory viewfinders for many of the lenses. Note that while the lenses feature familiar Voigtländer names, the optical formulas are all new, with the exception of the limited-edition collapsible Heliar. [emphases added]”

As MT Shooter remarked, the real Voigtlander died decades ago. In an article on the subject of Voigtlander LF lenses, Arne Cröll notes:

“In 1970, the Voigtländer company was dissolved and merged into Zeiss-Ikon, although LF lenses still carried the Voigtländer name. In 1972, Zeiss-Ikon stopped the production of all product lines, including the Voigtländer LF lens production; existing stock was sold for a few more years afterwards.”

And the rest of the history is nothing more than a succession of different firms, with no connection whatsoever to the original company, acquiring rights to the Voigtland brand name then turning around and licensing it to various Japanese and other manufacturers to paste on their products as, presumably, nothing more than a marketing ploy.

So I’d say, anyway, I’m glad this happened and, “Voigtlander, R.I.P.” :)

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…And there are, in fact, M42 to K-mount adapters that will do that very thing. Here are two different examples. You’ll note there’s a bit of flange along the inside at the rear and this serves to depress the stop-down pin allowing the aperture blades to be operated manually. I’ve used both with several different lenses on a K-20 body without problems such as misalignment of the focusing scale or (more important) loss of infinity focus.

The downside is that, after a quick search on Ebay, the least expensive Kipon I found retailed for around $40USD whereas the method you describe for shimming the pin is, obviously, free.

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