Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/13/07 3:15 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> typed: > You probably can not answer this :-) but are the lenses which were > designed with the hot pressed ASPH elements such as the 21, 24, 35 f2 > and second 35 f1.4 still hot pressed and the later lenses with larger > diameter asph elements ground, or have they changed the manufacturing > method of the asph elements in these as well? > Frank > > My impression was that they have. That they decided the hot press just did not work out. Kept a real low profile during this transition interestingly. See what Don says. Possible we still are not being filled in on the details to give the transition proper perspective. Like the Hot press machine didn't perform efficiently would be one thought. So they sold it to a dry cleaner. But it was not like they were keeping secrets. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com