Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The R lens is indeed shorter at 59mm as opposed to 78mm for the M version. The former is 'fatter' with a larger diameter of 70mm, and a filter thread of 60mm. I believe the depth of the mirror box of the camera accounts for the difference in length? Joseph on 13/1/05 8:19 am, Richard at richard-lists@imagecraft.com wrote: > Isn't the 90/2 R lens MUCH smaller than the 90/2AA M lens? How did Leica do > that? On the other end of the spectrum, the Canon 85/1.4 seems to dwarf all > my Leica lenses combined :-) so who knows... > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >