Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/19

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Subject: [Leica]180 Apo-Telyt
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun Dec 19 06:50:31 2004
 
on 12/19/04 6:41 AM, Thinkofcole@aol.com at Thinkofcole@aol.com wrote:

> It sounds to me if this lens was ordered by the military for use in  aerial
> spy photography. 
> Regards, bob cole

Bob, it was developed for the US Navy to photograph Soviet ships.  It was
designed for optimum performance at infinity.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
In reply to: Message from Thinkofcole at aol.com (Thinkofcole@aol.com) ([Leica] Lenscap for 180 Apo-Telyt)