Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 40 summicron & 40 rokkor same design ? was: 40mm summicron & cheap R3
From: Benjamin Tuason <bentua@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:04:55 -0700 (PDT)

PB,

  Oh, shucks, now you've ruined it for me.  All that time that I was so happy with my 40 M_Rokkor,
I shouldn't have been!  <g>

Ben


- --- "Paul C. Brodek" <pcb@iac.co.jp> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> From messages I've seen on this list, it looks like the optical design
> of both the 40/2.0 and 90/4.0 M-Rokkor (CLE versions) differ from the
> previous Leica-designed CL versions.    
> 
> Regards,
> 
> PB
> 
> 
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:10:25 -0700 (PDT), Benjamin Tuason
> <bentua@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >I presume it is well known, based the number of times I've read about it.  Whether it is a fact
> or
> >not, I don't know.
> >Ben
> >
> >--- Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> debugger wrote:
> >> 
> >> > I think it is well-known that the 40 summicron and the 40 rokkor are of the
> >> > same design, the rokkor being manufactured by Minolta to Leica's specs. 
> >> 
> >> Ben,
> >> 
> >> Is that a fact ?
> >> 
> >> Lucien
> 
> 
> Paul C. Brodek
> Kobe, Japan
> pcb@iac.co.jp
> 

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