Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rare lenses
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:21:43 -0700

There is no 560 f5 just a 400 f5. The 65 Elmar for the Visoflex is a 65 
f3.5 and the 65s for the R are 65 f/2.8. There is a 100 f4 Macro-Elmar 
for the R.

John Collier

On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 12:05 PM, leirex@access4less.net 
wrote:

>   The Telyt 400/560 f5 for Viso is considered rare and f5.6 is also 
> scarce
> in my book.  But f6.8 is pretty common and less appreciated, specially 
> in R
> mount.  I don't think many people know or use M (Viso) mount anyway.
>
>   The 65/4 Macro-Elmar in black finish is pretty scarce but surfaces 
> off
> and on as not a lot of people use it.  The chrome version is pretty
> commonly showing up for sale again as not a lot of people want it.  It
> seems that total quantity made has little to do with rarity in real 
> world.

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