Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:01 AM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >6: When did the first Leicaflex appear on the market? > > circa 1968. Actually, 1965. I had some lenses for it once that were dated 1964 according to serial number databases. So they must have been built before the camera was actually released. >7: Is it true that senior E Lietz thought the SLR camera design was a fad? > > Probably. Some still do! >Me? Own a zoom??? Gaaaaak!!!!!! Too delicate. Too Fuzzy. Too SLOW! You haven't used the 70-180 2.8. You would not believe how un-fuzzy it is. And it ain't slow, either. > Leica has never jumped past 21. The Zeiss >15mm f/8 Hologon (sp) doesn't really count. There is the 15mm 3.4 Super Angulon. It's a Zeiss design, but with special Leica coating. And then there's the totally awesome 19mm 2.8. Of course, for M users, they are limited. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch My computer's sick. I think my modem is a carrier.