Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:50 PM 8/16/01 -0700, Henning Wulff wrote: >I think you must have a fairly rare example. I don't keep up with >stuff like that very much, but I'm sure not too many were made. Is >this a black paint lens? As for the 90 being a macro lens; don't bet >on it. It's not too bad stopped down, but nothing too exciting >either. Using it on a Viso with the preset is a pain as well. Auto >stop-down aperture is one of those things that made SLR usage so >dominant. I tended to use lenses on the Viso's that didn't need >stopping down, like the 400's. Well, in 1958, when the "Pre-Set" version of the 2/90 Summicron was introduced, few SLR's offered automatic stop-down, and preset lenses were the norm. This had changed, of course, within two or three years. This is a sterling example of Leitz being at the cutting edge of old technology. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!