Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical]
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:01:51 -0400

Simon Coates jotted down the following:

> Leica, as we know, put a tremendous amount of effort into polishing, centering
> and finishing of the lens elements that a Japanese lens simply cannot compete!

Isn't it Erwin who states in just about every single lens test he does that
the lens is slightly off-center?  Either Leica has some kind of systemic
error, or maybe he needs to check his measuring equipment! ;)

M.

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