Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/23

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: The Leica Forte
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:02:38 -0700

At 01:47 AM 7/23/96 -0400, you wrote:

>Sorry, but I just cannot resist.  Canon makes a 50 mm. f1.0 SLR lens today.
>I've never seen a test comparing it with the Noctilux, but its price is
>comparable.

According to Chuck Westfall and Dave Metz at Canon, the Canon is optically
better than the Noctilux. But then it was a 10 year old design when the
Canon came out. Leica is working on a new formula.

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