Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4
From: "Margaret Jeffcoat" <margaret01@excelonline.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:26:48 -0500
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010130130341.27101C-100000@matrix.binaryfaith.com><4.1.20010130160443.01bfc570@xsj02.sjs.agilent.com> <3.0.6.32.20010130221919.00a30700@pop.roanoke.infi.net>

Oh! So now I know! Thank you for clearing that up for me.
Cheers Wilber
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4


> At 09:16 PM 1/30/2001 -0500, Margaret Jeffcoat wrote:
> >BTW it was my understand that Leica
> >made their own glass.
>
> No, they don't, Wilber.  They DESIGN their own glasses when necessary, but
> the glass is actually produced elsewhere.  In general, Leica has tended to
> use stock glasses from the Schott catalogue, some of which are now
actually
> produced by Hoya.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>

In reply to: Message from Mark Cohen <markc@binaryfaith.com> (Re: [Leica] 50 mm f/1.4)
Message from Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> ([Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4)