Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:46 PM 7/19/99 +0000, Dan Khong wrote: >Marc > >Mine is between the first and second. > >Now that some of us nice leeeetle boys have taken the trouble to check out >our precious nice leeeeetle possessions, please tell us the significance of >this finding. If it is bad news, please email me privately. If Leitz did it this way, they had a reason: I now suspect that ALL collapsible 4/9cm Elmars have the diaphragm between the first and second elements, and not between the second and third as is standard in all other four-element Elmars. The reason is probably the arrangement of the aperture dial. What is especially interesting is that so many of the authorities (Laney, Lager, van Hasbroeck, even Rogliatti) seem to have missed this change. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!