Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lens Designs and history
From: Mark Walberg <Walberg@simmons.swmed.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:48:53 +0100
 
Interesting post, Peter.
   Do you know anything more about the 48 f2 and the 50 f1.8 found on
Konica rangefinders, including on the III, IIIA, and IIIM?  Were these the
Planar based designs?  I use both, and they do a nice job.  The 1:1
viewfinders are very nice when using these these cameras.
- -Mark

>.......Yes, many Japanese lenses were copies of Zeiss designs, incuding
>the Nikkor
>50mm (Sonnar), Konica rangefinder cameras (Planar), and several others.......
>Peter K