Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/15

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Subject: Re: first Slides from 35mm Asph Summilux
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 18:02:38 -0400

>Is it really concave? I have never heard of such a thing. Although Leitz
>is certainly a trendsetter.

Carl,

I have the Contax SLR 35mm f/1.4, which also has aspherical elements. The 
front element has a perfectly flat front surface, which I always thought 
was pretty interesting.

Don't some of the variations of the Leica M 28mm have either flat or 
concave front surfaces?

- - Paul