Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DANG! I wish I'd said that! Boom boom Message: 13 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:39:14 -0400 From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital M mount camera speculation To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Message-ID: <C0ED2102.2C1E2%mark@rabinergroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 7/25/06 8:51 PM, "Marty Deveney" <freakscene@weirdness.com> typed: >> the implication is that they are non retrofocal true wide >> angle designs with glass extending right back to the film plane or > darned >> close to it as real wide angles will do > > The block diagrams show and this was backed up by seeing the lenses, that > they are all at least partial retrofocus. > > Those names, unfortunately, are just names. They've almost all been used > on lenses of different designs at one time or another, by the same > manufacturers, Biogon and Distagon included. Tessar too. > > Marty Just like I thought we cant count on Biogons being Biogons. Mork in New York Location: Extended StayAmerica White Plains - Elmsford, NY 10523