Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Newbie
From: "Richard W. Hemingway" <n5xrd@telepath.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:07:17 -0500

>I'm missing something here. But there's nothing new in that :-)x....I was
>refering to the M 35 1.4 ASPH, which for an M lens is a Sherman tank in size
>and weight...I don't have the brochures in front of me, but I think it's
>within a few grams of the body in weight....But what a lens!

No the M 35/1.4 ASPH  only weighs 310 g (about 11 oz) - the M6 weighs 20
oz.     The 35/1.4 ASPH  is 46.2mm length x 53 mm dia. 
The latest 35/2.0 non ASPH weighed 190 g (about 7 oz) and was 26mm length
and 52mm dia.

The 35/1.4 R weighs 690 g 9 (about 24 oz!) and is 76mm length and 75mm dia.

From the Leica M catalog and Handbook of the Leica system.

Dick Hemingway
Norman, OK