Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/27

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: 135mm f/4.0 Tele-Elmar-M
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:49:25 -0500

At 07:16 AM 3/27/96 -0800, Eric Welch wrote:
>The NEW version of the Tele Elmar that was introduced in '94 is a new 
>optical formulae, according to Leica photography. Did they get it wrong?
>


Wow!  I don't know:  both are five-element designs and Eastlake (Leica M
Compendium, p. 62) describes the new lens as being of "identical
arrangement" with the old.  

Anyone have the straight skinny?

Marc
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