Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic Curiosity - Alpa vs. Leica
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 23:24:41 -0700

At 11:02 AM 5/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>In the 70s, Pop Photo reported that Alph offered a 1mm fisheye
>that made a 306d picture (camera front plates are in the image.)
>Did this lens actually exist?  Did you ever see one?
>
>bmw
>

No, I didn't see one. Alpa didn't make lenses. They were all supplied by
outside vendors. Schneider, Angenieux, Kinoptik, etc.

Jim