Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's the 3.5 Super-Elmar-R Which I have a copy of. Not the Super-Elmarit-R <http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/ r_system/lenses/3795.html> Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Nice image Geoff, but wrong 15/2.8. We were talking about the >> 15/2.8 Leica R >> lens. Which from what I remember is not a Zeiss lens. >> >> Gene > > > Wiki thinks it was a Zeiss design. > " Leica R lenses > Leica 15mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-R ? 1980 (Carl Zeiss design)" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Camera > > Which makes one assume they had a hand in it like they did the > Hologon. > But it could be a mistake. As it seems very few lenes out there are > NOT > patterned on a Zeiss design from the beginning. But are just > tweaked a bit > and given a new name. > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information