Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tri-Elmar picture
From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:21:27 +0100
 
>Erwin,
>
>thank you for the picture of the Tri-Elmar. I thought it would be three
>different lenses on some rotating barrel like some old motion picture
>lenses. Instead it rather seems to be some kind of zoom with fixed focal
>lengths. Is this assumption correct?
>
>christoph

Yes that is correct. When changing focus the internal lens groups move. It
is not a zoom as there is no siding or rotating barrel. There are just
three clicks  to fall into. The design is not a zoomlens design.
Erwin