Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/01/17

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: fast APO zoom for Leica R
From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@a1.NL>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:30:44 +0000
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Organization: A1 Internet Twente
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On 16 Jan 96 at 16:26, Patrick Sobalvarro wrote about "fast APO zoom 
for Leica R":

> I stumbled across a German online photo magazine and encountered the
> following page:
> 
> http://www.fotoline.ch/pho/aktuell/apozoom.htm
> 
> which is an article about a new fast APO zoom from Leica for R
> cameras.  This sounds like an interesting lens, but what puzzles me
> is that the article apparently has a typo in it -- it says "...The
> Vario-APO-Elmarit-R 2,8/70 80mm is made up of 13 elements in 10
> groups and uses 12 distinct optical glasses, including five special
> low-dispersion glasses..."
> 
> They go on to talk about its sharpness and brilliance.  Sounds like
> a nice lens.  It's heavy -- 1870g -- but only 19cm long.
> 
> But, uh, a 70-80mm zoom?  Has anyone else on the list heard of this
> lens, and do you know what the long end actually is?  (180mm or
> 280mm, presumably?)

It's a 70-180/2.8, just released.

Bye,

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