Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 90/2 ASPH for the M?
From: dannyg1 <dannyg1@IDT.NET>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 06:25:38 +0000
 
Eric and Tom,

> Aren't a few of their Zooms in the mid-tele range using ASPH? I think the
> 28-80 2.8 moose-sized zoom had one, no?

The 28-80/2.8-4L had 2 hand-ground aspheres in it. The newer 28-70/2.8 L has one 
glass molded one. The 85/1.2L has one hand ground aspheric element.

There are plenty of other Canon lenses with aspherics in them but none of them are 
short teles.

DannyGonzalez