Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:54 AM 3/29/98 -0600, Bud Cook wrote: >Aren't the 90mm SummicronR, 135mm ElmaritR and 180mm ElmaritR modified >triplets (as is the Nikon 105 2.5)? I've read somewhere that these lenses >were modified triplets and they look like Sonnars to me. First, which version of these lenses are you speaking of? All have been redesigned. Second, Leitz has used the 'modified triplet' as the basis for a number of designs, but that doesn't make them 'Sonnars', as this name refers to a specific modified-triplet formula. A parallel would be to say that Mercedes ripped off General Motors because they both built "cars". Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!