Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] lens sample variations
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:49:22 -0500

Dan Honemann jotted down the following:

> I remember Dick Hemingway once posting that he had owned four 35/1.4 asph's
> over the years, and that two of them were great and the other two were
> mediocre at best.  That 50% success rate has me wondering if others have
> noticed sample variation in Leica glass.

Oh sure, absolutely.  I *always* buy four of every Leica lens to make sure
that I can select the best one.

Not.

M.

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