LTM lenses, who else made them?

[Creagerj]

We all know leica made LTM lenses, and of course so did the former soviet union. What I want to know is who else made LTM lenses, where can they be found, and is there a definitive list out there?

[foto_fool]

Ummm - CameraQuest is a pretty good resource for this. Click here (http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm)?

- John

[rbiemer]

Joe,
Real experts will answer better than I but here are three pages that should get you started

http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/lsm.htm (http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/lsm.htm)
This is a page titled "Non-Leica Screw Mount Lens Price and Info Guide" put up by, I beleive, an RFFer.
And here:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/index.htm (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/index.htm)
A site about Leica cpoies--cameras more than lenses but the companies that made the cameras likely made lenses as well. Though I would bet that more companies made LTM lenses than made Leica copies.
And lastly:
http://www.kevincameras.com/ (http://www.kevincameras.com/)
Look at the section "Non Leica SM lens"--25 pages of other LTM lenses. Mostly too pricey for me but lots of pretty pictures!
Happy to help some one else'sGAS!:D
Rob

[rogue_designer]

Canon made a huge lineup of high quality lenses.

Nikon and Contax/Zeiss also released some.

Avenon/Kobalux noted for wide angles...

Lots of them out there.

[David Murphy]

Interesting topic. This is one of the best lists on the net, but still not complete:

http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/39mm_screw_lenses

For instance, there was a 5cm Sun Sola auctioned a few months ago by someone in Greece -- it got big bucks too. I own the 9cm model. God knows who was behind the opto-mechanical brilliance of all these little companies that made these lenses and whatever became of them. Collecting offbeat LTM lenses is a strange and expensive hobby, but one that draws me in (you guys understand I'm sure!)

[ChrisN]

Don't forget the Pentax 43mm Limited, in LTM.

[venchka]

Komura

Konica

[varjag]

Every camera/optics company that matters made at least one :)