Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 8:42 AM 10/31/95 -0500, Jeffrey Frey wrote: >Does anyone know for sure how much of Leitz is in this lens, made for the >CLE? Was it Leitz-designed, does it use Leitz glass, etc.? > >Jeff If my memory is correct, it is designed by Minolta, not Leitz. I owned this lens with CLE and 40/2 but after a few year struggle, I sold. I do not like this lens because it's too contrasty. It is extremely sharp and has good popularity in Japan (Japanese photographer Shigeichi Nagano prefers this lens) but unlike Leitz lenses, it's too contrasty and I gave up to tame it. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Hisashi Naganuma NEC Technologies, Inc. Mountain View, CA hisashi@lpd.sj.nec.com _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/