Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/02
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>In einer eMail vom 02.08.1997 03:37:54, schreiben Sie:
>
>>> Try to get a used Super Angulon. Although slower, the older f 4.0 or 3.4
>>are
>>> even better than the 2.8 (sharpness, contrast), and the Super Angulon is
>>> better than the Elmarit (sharpness).
>>
>> The Leicas (M6, M5, CL) only have TTLmetering so the lens designers are
>forced to design their lenses around this. This probably accounts why the
>21mm lenses went 'backwards' instead of 'forwards' in terms of optical
>performance.
>>
>>
>
>Nope. Leitz had some money and patent quarrels with Schneider. Schneider
>lost, but took the Super Angulon home. That's why the 21's go backwards, and
>Leitz needs to offer the Elmarit now.
>
While this may be true, the retrofocus design of the Elmarit is, I think,
much more difficult than the non-retrofocus SA and Contax design. I believe
that Leica is capable of producing a non-retrofocus wide angle design that
is as good as the SA or Contax, but does not do so because to would
interfere with TTL metering in existing bodies.
kw
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