Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:05 PM 4/6/96 +0100, Per Volledal wrote: >I have an old heavy black Canon screw-mount 135 mm f:3.5 - 22 lens. I have >never read anything about this lens anywhere, or how it behaves. It makes >good images. Can anyone give me any information about this lens? > The lens is covered in Dechert's CANON RANGEFINDER CAMERAS. It's a neat, though hefty, lens of pronounced optical qualities. It is a clone of the Carl Zeiss Jena 4/135 Sonnar of 1933. The basic design carried over the lamented 3.5/135 in the later Canon SLR line, a rather nice lens and quite a capable optick. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!