Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://nemeng.com/leica/002e.shtml John Collier On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 03:31 PM, Frank Farmer wrote: > Ok, this may have been asked in the past. All the same - why are most > lenses with a wide open aperturee of f 2.8 deemed "elmarit" but the > collapsible 50 with a wide open aperture of f 2.8 is deemed the > "elmar"? I thought "elmar" was reserved for lenses with wide open > f-stops smaller than f 2.8, ie f 4 as in the tri-elmar. Did I miss > something in the discussion posted not too long ago regarding which > lenses carried certain designations? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html