Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/08

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Subject: Re: Nippon Kogaku 8.5cm LTM lens
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 15:35:27 -0500

This lens IS a Sonnar formula and ought to perform as creditably as did the
German design -- the optical glass, in fact, is almost certainly German.  It
is a well-built lens and its only drawback is that the price has gone up,
dramatically, due to collector interest.

Marc

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