Re: New M 1:2.8/24 mm ASPH

["Hubert Nowotny" <hubertn@mail.ctr.co.at>]

Bert,

Thank you so much fo this information!

(I feared it would be like that; somewhere hidden deep in my heart 
there is the secret wish to get aspherical faces grinded instead of 
muolded, but I know that I will be disappointed each time again).

Thanks again
and have a fine day!

Hubert

> Date:          Sun, 29 Sep 1996 11:11:02 +0200
> From:          Bert Keuken <bert.keuken@pi.net>
> Organization:  Planet Internet
> To:            leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:       Re: New M 1:2.8/24 mm ASPH
> Reply-to:      leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

> 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
> 
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