Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first version aspherical has a knurled focusing ring in addition to the focus tab, while the ASPH version only has the focus tab. I also believe that you can tell by the serial number, with the first version starting at or about #3460000. Of course, the first version actually spelles out "aspherical" on the lens, while the ASPH spells "ASPH". dan c. At 04:03 PM 06-04-01 -0700, Frank Filippone wrote: >Can someone remind me of how to tell the difference from the 2 versions of >this lens? There is a early version and a late version.... What is the easy >way to tell the diff? > >Is this the lens that says ASPHERICAL on the early version and ASPH on the >later version? > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > >