Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/15

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Marketing gibberish

Translation:  We did not try to make it smaller, we tried to make it better,
therefore the size didn't matter.

The rack and pinion type of focusing that the picture shows is atypical of
AF lenses... most use rotary motors.  

Frank Filippone

Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Adler
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 9:15 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Big SL Lens ( DIameter) explanation

But it says all this was done to, "to preserve the compact dimensions of the
lenses"...


Bob Adler
www.robertadlerphotography.com
*"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"*

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:58 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> We have been talking about how fat the SL lenses are in comparison to 
> M lenses..
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> Leica just announced the 75 and 90mm SL lenses.  In the intro 
> information is a picture of what the lens looks like INSIDE..
>
> It will explain a lot about the diameter issues..
>
> Please have a look..
>
> http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-SL/SL-
> Lenses/Prime-Lenses/APO-S
> ummicron-SL-75
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> Frank Filippone
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> Red735i at verizon.net
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Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Big SL Lens ( DIameter) explanation)
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