Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica CL wrote >Nice system, Fred! >I have two CL's, with 90 and 40 lenses, which make a very compact travelling >system. Altho they don't have quite the roust "feel" of an M camera, I like >them a lot. >The 90mm is a great lens, whether Rokkor or Leitz. Both were made by Leitz. Gary I think that some of the 90m Rokkors were made by Minolta and some others made by Leitz - this was part of Lucien's quiz several months ago - I believe the early CL 90's were made by Leitz when the CL camera was in production and then when Minolta upgraded the CL to the CLE they produced their own 90mm Minolta Rokkor. Any other LUGGERS know of this transformation more accurately? I too have the 40mm Rokkor and the 40mm Summicron and prefer the Summicron's contrast although both produce good images. I have used a 90 mm tele elmarit and now a new Elmarit with my CLE and, despite official warnings from Leica (because of cam slope differences between the Leica lens and the CLE) about focussing accuracy of Leica lenses on the CLE, I do not have a problem. This makes a wonderfully compact travelling outfit including the tiny Minolta TTL flash. Best Regards Howard