Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:06 PM 11/24/97 -0500, AL BANONES wrote: >Can someone fill me in on a Leitz Wetzlar microscope objective? > >It is a MILAR f=40mm 1:4.5. I would like to know when it was > >produced and the value It could have been produced at any point from around 1905 until 1972 or so, when the Milar series were replaced by the current Photar lineup. If it is uncoated, it is Prewar, if coated, Postwar. Value? probably $100 to $300. These guys don't have the value of the Photar or Zeiss Luminar lenses, though the Milar lenses are quite good, and are fitted with the 'Royal Screw' so they will fit the adapters for the Photar and Luminar lenses. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!