Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Even if Leica do appear to follow that principle > themselves, they are not the only high quality German lens manufacturer. I > did read that the new 40mm Distagon used on the Hasselblad and Rollei 6000 > series has a floating element that requires the user to adjust it, and that > this lens is said to have better performance than the earlier > unit-focusing-only version. Right. The nitty-gritty details are: the Hasselblad 40 and 50 CF (shutter) FLE lenses have a secondary focusing ring; the 50mm F (shutterless) FLE lens does not, the floating elements thereby move automatically with normal focusing. In either case, the FLE lenses are said to perform better than their non-FLE counterparts. - -Dave