Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here are a couple comments from people on Compuserve: read Which message(s) # (or ALL)?! all CompuServe Mail From: Don Hinds [Point & Shoot [76004,612] Sb: Summicrons Well the barrell of the collaps is fairly slim. So I imagine the elements on that are smaller than the rigid.. My Collaps came in last after a DR, 2 Xenon and 2 Xenar (Retina Reflex). All same subject at same time.. Don --- Summicrons Fm: Harold Merklinger [72643,2012] Bill, If one studies the Leitz literature he will indeed find two lens diagrams for the 50/2 Summicron. The earlier collapsible lens has a uniform air space between the third and fourth elements, counting from the front surface. The later rigid lens has a 'lens-shaped' space in that location. The folks at Leitz never openly distinguished between the two designs, but one can speculate why: