Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Missing 50mm Summilux III
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 12:10:14 -0400

At 11:10 AM 9/6/01 -0400, Michael Reichmann wrote:
>Unless I've somehow missed it, in Puts' "Leica Lens Compendium" he shows two
>versions for the 50mm f/1.5 Summilux-M. The 1st version from 1959 and the
>second from 1961. There is no third version shown, which of course does
>exist and was introduced in 1995. It is also missing from his online lens
>list.


First, it is the 1.4/50mm Summilux.  Second, there is no "third version" --
the 50mm Summilux today still uses the 1961 optical formula.

Marc

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