Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/10

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Subject: Re: 50mm f1?????
From: Reg Ronaldson <reg.ronaldson@zetnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:29:22 GMT

In message <1.5.4.32.19970110155156.006b7894@pop.microtec.net>
        Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> writes: 

> >Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:24:19 +0100 (MEZ)
> >From: Siepen <hl449si@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
> >Subject: Re: 50mm f1?????
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> >> > Was it Minolta or Canon that made the 50mm f/1?  This must be a heck of
> >> > a lens.  Saw it advertised in the back of the magazines, but I think it
> >> > was around $3000 or more!
> >> 
> >> Canon. They also have a 85mm f1.2 but the contrast is very poor. 
> >> 
> >There is also a 50mm f/0.9 from Leica for their M-Series. I don't know
> >the price. (And I don't wanna know it :-) )
> >
> >Peter
> >
> Would anyone in the group care to respond to the last comment? 

> Dan C.

There is a Leica 50mm f1 Noctilux for their M rangefinder cameras and 
there was the Canon 50mm f0.97 for their Canon 7 rangefinder camera.



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