Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Hassie M7?
From: "Patrick G. Sobalvarro" <pgs@sobalvarro.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:49:30 -0700

> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
>
> And, assuming that this isn't all a hoax - and that photo sure
> looks like a
> cut-and-paste job to me! - there comes the big question - why f4 lenses?

We can't really tell from the photo how big the camera is, but the lens
designers probably have a tough row to hoe: a 65mm image circle without
objectionable vignetting.  The smaller maximum aperture would help.