Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 14, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > This lens was announced to use at a Leica Historical Society of > America > three years ago. I'm glad it finally appears. so we can extrapolate... the R10 may take 10 years...(well maybe 7)... :-) Steve > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:03:30 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Conversation: [Leica] New 18 mm lens >> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 18 mm lens >> >> I think instead of going smaller they went for extreme corrections. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:46:28 -0800 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Subject: RE: [Leica] New 18 mm lens >>> >>> I'm quite convinced it covers 24x36. >>> >>> a. Kaufmann said all their lenses would. >>> >>> b. It's very large for a lens that only covers the M8 format. >>> Remember, a lens that covers the same angle of view and has the same >>> speed and was also designed very recently (the 24/3.8) is a lot >>> smaller. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 9:16 PM -0800 2/13/09, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>> Nice find! About $3K.. or so....a bit cheap for a Leica >>>> lens....... >>>> >>>> Super Elmar it is! >>>> >>>> Note, and it may mean nothing, that the lens is specified angle >>>> of view ONLY >>>> for the M8......... >>>> >>>> Is film really dead? >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > http://www.lecirque.fr/product_info.php/cPath/428_256/products_id/38967?osCs > > >>> > i >>>> d=65165e9e1b2ab856172eb25b33cc36fd >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> * Henning J. Wulff >>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information