Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/28

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Subject: [Leica]Re: Weight of the "huge" lens
From: Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:36:57 -0800
 
Mike Johnston asked:
> Dumb question: the Leica catalog gives the weight of the 
> black version of the 35mm f/1.4 ASPH-M lens at 250 grams.
> Is this correct? That's less than 9 ounces.

Nope, it's waaay off. Mine (#3748XXX) weighs 306 g without 
hood, filter or caps on a recently calibrated Mettler balance. 
Somebody @ Leica is sniffing optical adhesive.

Still it's a small lens given its capabilities. Compare to
the Nikkor 35/2 AIS, which isn't really good until f/2.8 or 4.

- -Alexey