Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: real lens size
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 13:28:30 -0400

As I recall that makes it a 91mm.

Ken Wilcox

At 9:46 -0700 6/23/1, a fine scholar, G. Michael Paine wrote:

>With growing fascination I've followed the threads of late that tell
>me that the small white number on the focus ring indicates the actual
>focal length of the lens.
>So, at the risk of appearing redundant: I have just got a new Elmarit
>90 and there to the right of the white "m" is the number 10.
>Does this mean that the focal length of this lens is really 100mm? If
>so this seems a rather large difference from the stated focal length
>and I would be surprised that Leica or any lens maker would sell a
>100mm lens as a 90mm.
>Michael Paine


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