Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Three years ago Leica was not owned by its present owner and the world was not going through a global economic phenomenon on the negative side. A bit hard to make predictions now. The M8 came out two and a half years ago. Mark William Rabiner > From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:15:07 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New 18 mm lens > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information