Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Collapsible 4/9cm Elmar
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:39:34 -0400

At 04:41 PM 7/19/99 -0400, Michael Garmisa wrote:
>Its definetly near the front and probably between 1-2 the only reason I
>question it is because I cant visualized more than 3 elements although I'm
>sure the 4th is there.

The Elmar follows the basic Tessar design:  from the front (outside) to
back (the film end), it has a single element, a single element, and a
doublet.  The usual position for the diaphragm is immediately in front of
the doublet;  in the collapsible Elmar, the diaphragm is behind the front
element.

The 4/90 Elmar-C and the three-element Elmar, of course, have different
optical designs.

Marc

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