Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg, The names of Leica lenses correspond to their maximum aperatures, not their focal length. This is true in most cases. Summicrons are always f/2's, Summiluxes f/1.4's, etc. Tom A. just had a good posting on this in the last couple of days (Elmar vs. Elmarit). The Super Angulons are Schneider lenses, and they own the Angulon name. Telyts are always telephotos, irregardless of the max. aperature. Hope this answers the question. Bill Rosauer