Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting stuff about collapsible Leica lenses. Bob Schwalberg, writer/photographer/Leica expert (he worked in Wetzlar in the 1960s), always insisted on taping the lens in the shooting position for fear that collapsing it would eventually change its position. I collapsed mine anyway. Ed On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Mark Rabiner wrote: > ><Snip> > What with Joe Stephen and Hans all saying it ain't so it was probably me that > got it wrong… > when i got into this thing seven years ago... > so I should eat crow for the time being until i figure out where the hell I got > the idea from that Collapsible versions of Leica lenses were optically > problematical. > Not just the 50 Summicron but the 90 Elmar in their collapsible versions I was > warned to stay away from I thought from reliable sources and more than one. I > thought a given. > But probably an alien implant. Which galaxy I'd like to know!! I thought they > sprayed the place! > Mark (make mine collapsible!) Rabiner > with blueberries! >