Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/19

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] Focusing long lenses (long)
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:19:42 -0600

At 11:39 AM 12/19/97 -0800, you wrote:

>I think you might point out to Chuck next time that among others, Konica
>produced a 300 mm lens in the 70's that had a flourite element. Like I
>said, the info on the 400 Nikkor is contradictory (this is the first
>400/5.6, before they called any lens 'ED' and started to use the gold band)
>but the Konica lens is well known. I had one for a number of years, and it
>was superb.

The key words there was "in the 70s." Several manufacturers did at one time
use flourites. I believe some old Nikon lenses used them. I, and Chuck,
were talking about what is being manufactured. Not what WAS being
manufactured.

==========

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

A good pun is its own reword.