Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 90mm Elmar, three vs. four elements
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:31:01 -0500
References: <F134l06sIQrttDRdNOU00001dd0@hotmail.com>

At 02:37 PM 1/25/2001 -0500, Martin Howard wrote:
>
>I have a 90mm f/4 Elmar from (I think) 1937 that I use occasionally: would
>that be a three or four element version?

four-element.  The 3-element Elmar was a very late development from the
late 1960's and was only made briefly and in small quantities.

Marc

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In reply to: Message from "Dan States" <dstate1@hotmail.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: 90mm Elmar, three vs. four elements)