Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]schwalberg did nothing without a reason. after making measurements to a 1000th of an mm of a ng collapsible erected, he carried the lens around for several months, collapsing and extending thousands of times at odd moments. he repeated the measurements several times during this test. variations from the start point to the finish convinced him to leave a new lens extended to guarantee the kind of lasting precision he demanded.long before this test i discussed with bob why zeiss stopping making a collapsable 50f2 sonnar: to guarantee precision. another factor to consider: during the time lag to save a centimeter or so you could loose the picture. though a leica loyalist bob like peter moore carted around an om4t, somes just for its incredible exposure system. both considered it superior to any other camera in that respect and to any stand alone meter for daylight, tungsten regardless of backgrounds or conflicting subject reflectance. > From: Krechtz@aol.com > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:55:15 EDT > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Dr. Strangelens, or.... > > So someone other than me remembers having read Bob Schwalberg's photo mag > writings during the 60's. He was very prominent in Leica circles and usually > quite sane, but never collapsing the lens seems pretty anal retentive. > Collapsibility would, at least superficially, appear to be one of the chief > advantages of the lens over the rigid version. > > Joe Sobel