Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's an excellent reference: http://www.nemeng.com/leica/002e.shtml Be sure to back up and go through the home page also - lots of stuff to learn! Regards, Phil - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: [Leica] NEWBIE Q - lens names... > I'm sure this is mentioned in the thousands of books/websites and thousands > times in the archive, but can anyone please summarize to this newbie the > different lens "brands?" From what I gather - > > 1 - 'lux is the wide aperture lenses, f1/ 1.2, and 1.4 > 2 - summicron is the "best" overall lens, usually start with f2 > 3 - elmarit and summarit are the small sized, small aperture (2.8 and > higher) lens > > What do the prefix noctui-, summi-, and elmar- mean? I guess noctui- is > related to "night" or imply wide aperture. How about the others. > > Please don't get mad if this is so trivially obvious or stupid. The delete > key is only a few inches away. > > Thanks. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html