Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Claes Bjerner wrote: > >General LUG Inquiry: > > > >Does anyone "out there" on the LUG have any historical and/or performan= ce > >information on the 1.8/50 CANON Screwmount Lens? > > > >Leon > > > >LP6@aol.com >=20 > Leon, >=20 > Why don=B4t you check out the Canon Camera Museum on the Web: >=20 > http://www.canon.co.jp/camera-museum/ >=20 > As the name says it=B4s primarily a Camera museum, but you=B4ll be able t= o find your lens on several of the Canon cameras. Seems like the 50mm 1:1.8= was the standard lens during the early 50=B4s. >=20 > Claes >=20 From=20what I remember, because I owned one, the 50mm f/1.9 Serenar was a collapsable lens from Canon in the 50s. I believe that the f/1.8 lens came later. Anyone verify this? Ed=20