Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:50 PM 08-06-97 -0400, you wrote: >The original Noctilux was f/1.2 and was made in quite limited numbers >between 1966 and 1975. This contained an aspherical element, the only >Leitz lens to do so. > >The second Noctilux design is f/1.0 and was introduced in 1976. While not >common, this is substantially easier to find used than the first version, >which has become a hot collector's item. > >Marc > > I assume you are distinguishing Leitz from Leica, for the 35mm aspherical Summilux (1st version) has aspherical elements. So does the 2nd version, though the manufacturing process is different from the earlier Noctilux Dan C.