Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Terminology and the 2.8/135 Elmarit
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:00:46 -0800
 
Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 10:23 PM 1999-03-15 -0800, Mark Rabiner queried:
> >What did they have against them?
> 
> Leitz had a minuscule optical design department well into the 1960's.  It
> is much easier to design a quality long-focus lens than a quality
> telephoto, so Leitz went with what they could comfortably design and
> produce.
> 
> Marc
Those short stubby 90 Tele-Elmarits and Rokars would have to be true
teles then?
Mark Rabiner