Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal wrote: > >I noticed a special outfit for military observations consisting of, amongst >others, a whole battery of high performance observation lenses for air >reconnaissance at low altitude. These turned out to be ELCAN (Made in >Canada). Is that not a lens made by Leica? ======================== Pascal, The lenses were made by Ernst Leitz Canada of course and I think suited to 70mm roll film, c. 6x6cm. These lenses turn up reasonably often and some people expect a lot of money for them, I have a 6" f2.8 (bought for 40GBP), though in my local dealers they have another one of those and also a wider version too (3"?). They have a very close rear focusing depth, ie. the back of the lens mount is a lot closer to the film plane than you might expect. I had initially hoped to mount it onto either my SL or Viso, but it is so bulky the conversion would perhaps be more trouble than it would be worth... If you can recall the specs. of the 'whole battery of lenses' I'd certainly be interested. Jem