Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/23

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Subject: Re: R8 and 3 cam R lenses
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:07:36 -0500

At 03:17 PM 3/23/97 -0800, Jim wrote:
>My R8 catalog (910 610) lists ALL of the currently available 3-cam lenses
>(15mm - 800mm + zooms + extenders) as R8 lenses. I borrowed our local rep's
>R8 and used my 3-cam lenses, same kind of lenses the rep uses. ??? I'm
>curious as  to what other (new) lenses are there other than 3-cam lenses.
>They surely aren't going to re-manufacture the entire line of R lenses just
>for the R8.

I believe all R lenses since 1980 or so have been 'single cam', though of a
different sort than the old Leicaflex line.

Marc


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