Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10

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Subject: RE: [Leica] When 15 is not Wide Enough
From: "Joe B." <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:20:39 +0000

At 12:46 10/03/00 +0000, you wrote:
>Again, as in the 15mm Heliar, the design of the 12mm lens is not retrofocus
>in the sense that it could fit onto an SLR, though neither is it purely a
>simple (!) configuration with it's node 12mm off the film plane as it sits
>too far off the front of the camera for that. The designers have once again
>created something totally new, it seems incredible that so much ground
>breaking innovation can be achieved in such a short space of time. The
>atmosphere in that company must be vibrant!
>
>Jem

This is getting really interesting. If I get myself a 12mm rectilinear 
lens, my 35 will start to look like a short telephoto!

Joe B.