Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:52 PM 7/15/99 -0400, Richard Clompus wrote: >The lens is a >Leica screw mount (LSM) and is aspherical by Voitlander (since 1756). The lens is most decidedly NOT made by Voigtlander: that esteemed Braunschweig factory was closed in 1979 and is no more. This lens is a Japanese optic which just happens to bear the Voigtlander name by license. Nor, I understand, is it a Heliar by design. They "borrowed" the lens name along with the brand. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!