[Leica] Purely Trivia: Rhyme or Reason?

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

... and the moral is????    ;-)


Regards,

Dick



On Sep 30, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> When you get up in the middle of the night, and can not sleep, you  
> do stuff
> like this......
>
> What happens if you sort the Leica 6 Bit Coded lenses by their code?
>
> Result.......
>
> Code          Lens
> 1     Elmarit-M 21mm f/2.8
> 3     Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 (III)
> 4     Tele-Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8 (II)
> 5     Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 (II)
> 6     Summicron-M 35mm f/2 (IV)
> 7     Summicron-M 90mm f/2 (II)
> 9     Elmarit-M 135mm f/2.8 (I/II)
> 16    Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21mm f/4 ASPH.
> 23    Summicron-M 50mm f/2 (III)
> 24    Elmarit-M 21mm f/2.8 ASPH.
> 25    Elmarit-M 24mm f/2.8 ASPH.
> 26    Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH.
> 27    Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 (IV)
> 28    Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH.
> 29    Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH.
> 30    Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH.
> 31    Noctilux-M 50mm f/1
> 32    Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.
> 33    Summicron-M 50mm f/2 (IV, V)
> 34    Elmar-M 50mm f/2.8
> 35    Summilux-M 75mm f/1.4
> 36    Apo-Summicron-M 75mm f/2 ASPH.
> 37    Apo-Summicron-M 90mm f/2 ASPH.
> 38    Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8
> 39    Macro-Elmar-M 90mm f/4
> 40    Macro-Adaptor-M
> 42    Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm f/4 ASPH.
> 43    Summarit-M 35mm f/2.5
> 44    Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5
> 45    Summarit-M 75mm f/2.5
> 46    Summarit-M 90mm f/2.5
> 47    Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 ASPH.
> 48    Summilux-M 24mm f/1.4 ASPH.
> 49    Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH.
> 50    Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 ASPH.
> 52    Super-Elmar-M 18mm f/3.8 ASPH.
>
> Source of data:  http://www.digital-leica.com/lens_codes/
>
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
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