Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Non-Leicas
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:44:59 -0500

At 10:16 PM 1999-01-11 +0000, Richard Anonymous wrote:
>Zeiss had the edge in
>wide angle lenses for image quality and full frame coverage. I know Leitz
>have caught up since  

Not quite.  The ultimate Leica wide-angle lens is the 15mm R lens -- and
that, of course, began its life as a Contarex lens.

Marc

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