Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hubert Nowotny wrote: > > Friends, > > I've read a notice about a new Leica M lens, 1:2.8/24 mm ASPH, > presented at Photokina, priced at about USD 2.000. > > Is there a kind soul out there who can tell me more? (I can`t really > believe the price and I want to know a bit more ...) Some details about the mew Leica M 2.8/24 mm ASPH from the Leica brochure. For producing the aspherical surface the same procedure is used as in the S'lu-M f/1.4/35mm ASPH: high-precision blank moulding. Lens if free of vignetting beyond aperture setting 5.6, at full aperture vignetting does not exeed 2.3 stops. Angle of view: 84 deg. Number of elements: 7 (5 components, 1 aspherical surface) Filter size: E55 Internal thread: M 55 x 0,75 Clickstops (incl. half values) Smallest aperture: 16 Focussing range: infinity to 0,7 m Smallest object of field: 630 x 950 mm (approx. 1:26) Push-on lenshood (rectangular) Frontlens diameter: 58 mm Lenght from bayonet flange: 45 mm Largest diameter: 58 mm Weight: 290 g Black anodized finish only Reflected bright-line frame in viewfinder Leica M3: 135 mm bright-line frame Leica M2: 35 mm bright-line frame Leica M4/M4-2/M4-P/M5/M6: 35 mm and 135 mm bright-line frames Bert