Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted etal - My understanding is that this lens was a 85 or 90mm lens with an aperture of f:0.85 and had a ruby red rear element designed for infra-red night photography. Only 2 were known to exist and the one that was displayed in the Wetzlar museum has mysteriously vanished. Marvin ======================================================= In a message dated 98-02-09 23:28:49 EST, you write: << I've just read about this lens but I'm confused as to whether it's a f 0.85 75 mm lens for normal use or whether it's the infrared lens that was developed during the war. >>