Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/30
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At 8:08 PM -0400 8/30/01, Rob McElroy wrote:
>Henning,
>
>Hmmm? Now that is curious. I own the lens and the image circle on
>mine does not cover the 35mm format. The circle itself barely makes
>30mm, let
>alone enough room to put the whole 35mm frame in the middle with
>relatively even illumination.
>
>When I first purchased the lens, I made some inquiries, including
>here on the LUG, and found out that the Picker X-Ray 90mm f1.0 was a
>different
>optical design than the Navy one in Lager's book - and that this
>probably accounted for the smaller image circle.
>
>Did you have to make a custom mount to attach it to the camera?
>
>Leitz also made a 65mm f0.75 for Picker which has a small image circle.
>
Well, it's not my lens and I'm not likely to see it again. Tom
Abrahamsson had it and passed it on, and will write an article in the
Viewfinder on it shortly. That's why we had it out and were trying to
see if it did produce an image. The image circle definitely is bigger
than 43mm, and provides a lot better and more even coverage than the
50/1. In fact, it provides excellent coverage with extremely little
vignetting, considering that it is always wide open. It says
'Picker', 'X-ray' etc. on the side and came with an M mount.
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