Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Do Blades Matter?
From: Gilbert Plantinga <gilplant@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:48:26 -0500

on 3/21/01 11:04 AM, Buzz Hausner at Buzz@marianmanor.org wrote:

> Thanks, Steve, but just to be clear...ten blades on the spherical or
> aspherical?
> 
> Buzz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve LeHuray [mailto:icommag@toad.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:38 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Do Blades Matter?
> 
> 
>> Based on Steve's comments and my own observations regarding the spherical
>> and aspherical 35 Summicrons, I would be interested in learning the number
>> of diaphragm blades in the spherical and aspherical 35 Summiluxes.  I have
>> neither lens, can anybody out there help?

I count 10 on the pre-asph, 9 on the current model.

Gilbert