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: jbuf@ix.netcom.com (John Irvin Buford)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 18:26:39 -0700
 
You wrote: 
>
>No one competes with Leica for
>> the fastest of all 50mm lenses. [Unfortunately, I could never afford 
one.]
>
>Didn't canon made a  50/0.95 for the rangefindercameras.
>
>	Michiel.
>
Yes, but they haven't made that lens for decades.  And, you have to 
remeber that Canon wanted you to send in the body that you were going 
to use with that lens to have the rangefinder tweaked.  If you didn't 
send in the camera and the lens.  The pictures were not of good 
quality.  

John N3BVH