Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/2/00 11:03:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wilcox@tir.com writes: << The names have evolved over the years to refer to maximum apertures. ie- Summilux - f1.4, Summicron - f2, Elmarit - f3.5-4, Elmar -f4 . >> That is a good observation concerning the maximum apertures, but I believe the Elmarits have been and are all 2.8's. The Elmars, both 50 and 35, started at 3.5, then the 50 became a 2.8. Of course, we must also include the 105/6.3 "Mountain Elmar". In the R's, the Vario-Elmars have been various apertures and focal lengths. Finally, I forgot Xenon, the "Warrior Prince" of 50's, also a Schneider design. (Gawd, but I love this stuff). Joe Sobel