Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Collapsable Elmar
From: "Bryan Willman" <bryanwi@seanet.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:56:34 -0700

I don't know,  I do suggest that the 40f2.0
Summicron originally made for the CL
is *very* small, smaller in use the than
50f2.8 collapsed.  I have not tested it
in any way, it makes pix that look fine
at 4x6.

bmw

- -----Original Message-----
From: Dave Richards <rchdp@worldnet.att.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 2:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] Collapsable Elmar


>I'm curious about the current version of the 50/2.8 collapsable Elmar-M.
>How does it stack up against the current 50/2 Summicron-M?  Does the
>difference in size and 'pocketability' make up for the difference in
>overall image quality?  In practical terms, what are the main differences
>between it and the 50/2?
>
>Dave
>
>