Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 Summilux
From: "Boreham" <boreham@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 05:38:51 -0000

I'm fairly sure the first version only focusses down to 1 meter while the
later ones go to .75 meter.
Mike


> > I'm considering a 75 Summilux-M as a 2-lens kit with my 35 Summicron
> asph.  From
> > what I've read there are 3 versions, with the 1st version being the
> lightest.
> > Does anybody know whether all 3 versions are optically the same? 
> Any other
> > comments/suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
> All three versions are optically identical.  The first version had a
> clip on lens hood, but after about a year or so of production was
> modified to have a builtin hood.  About a year ago, production of the
> lens was moved to Germany, accopmpanied with a mechanical modification
> that reduced the weight of the lens by 40 grams.
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