Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/25

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Subject: Re: Russar 20/5.6
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:02:28 -0500
 
At 09:57 PM 2/25/97 -0500, Patrick wrote:
>I finally broke down and ordered one of these Russar >20/5.6 lenses.  It
arrived today.  It looks new, but I >noticed something weird.  I can't tell
if the iris opens >completely.  When I open the aperture dial as wide as
>possible, I can still see the rounded hexagonal shape
>of the blades.

This is normal and is, I believe, an artifact of the Topogon design of the
lens.

Marc


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