Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 19:54:04 -0700, you wrote: > > >I am very new to using a Leica and would like to know if someone can point > >me to some material that will explain why Leica lenses have names and what > >those names mean. > ><snip> > The "lux" suffix indicates a very large maximum aperture - the > Noctilux is f1.0, any Summilux is f1.4. Lux means light I think but I looked it up in the Dictionary. The English translation for the German "Lux" is "Lux". I think it's old German slang for "bright". > Telyt seems to indicate an aperture intermediate between the full > stops - there are f3.4 and f6.8 Telyts that I'm aware of. Barnacks Frog > > Elmarit indicates an aperture of 2.8 (except for the 50/2.8 M lens > which is known as an Elmar) Ernst's favorate Frog (they were competitive) > > Elmar usually indicates an aperture of f4.0 Barnacks dog > > Prefixes may be added to indicate the type or design of the lens, as > in > Vario-Elmar, Italian Ambidextrous puppy of Barnacks dog > Tele-Elmarit or Frog on the telephone selling stuff. > Macro-Elmarit. Italian frog on Vespa > > Simple, no? > > Paul Chefurka Paul didn't explain it so I but in inserts. Mark Rabiner