Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]De: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >What was it we said on that I remember something about 2 aspherical elements >being better or worse than one but I'm not sure if the early expensive ground >version was supposed to be better than the current pressed soft glass cheap >version. Or not. And why. I'd search the archive but I'm not sure how on this >particular question. Post me privately if you think this would be a skipping >record discussion. I got the impression from the last (?) discussion on this that optically they are equal but the the first version is more expensive because of its rarity, with associated collectors premium. I think the name of that thread was "FS: 35 mm Asph", or something like that, (at least it was FS: something). /Anders Nygren