Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:24:19 +0100 (MEZ) >From: Siepen <hl449si@unidui.uni-duisburg.de> >Subject: Re: 50mm f1????? > > >> > 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 This seems backwards. Wasn't it Canon that had the f/0.95 lens? I've never heard of a faster Leica lens than then f/1 Noctilux (perhaps some military Elcan stuff?).