Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com wrote: > > Hi, > > It is my understanding that there are some German made 90 M-Rokkor > for CLE. Am I wrong? > > Regards, > David So far as I know, only Minolta M Rokkors were actually made for and sold with the CLE. What's confusing is that Leitz made a 90/4 Rokkor labled "M-Rokkor" for the CL years earlier. These can be spotted by the 5.5 series filters and the sharp angle CL type focusing cam. Minolta then took up the "M-Rokkor" designation for the new series of 28/40/90 lenses for the CLE years later. Stephen Gandy > Gerard Captijn wrote: > > > > > The 90mmf/4 Rokkor was a lens produced by Leitz Wetzlar. Although its > > optical construction was identical to todays Elmarit-M, its performance is > > comparable to the Tele-Elmarit-M. > > > > The 90/4 Rokkor M for the CLE is a different lens than the 90/4 for the > CL. While both are 4 element and similar, the diagrams which I have > seem to show slightly different formulas through different element > curvatures. The differences which I am aware of are as follows: > 90/4 Elmar for CL 90/4 M Rokkor for CLE > > manufacture Germany "Made in Japan" > cam sharp curve standard M cam > filters Series 5.5 40.5 > coating single multi > lable Elmar C "M-Rokkor" > > > Stephen Gandy