Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rare lenses
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:36:06 -0800
References: <487AF272-33C7-11D7-AE7D-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

At 1:21 PM -0700 1/29/03, John Collier wrote:
>There is no 560 f5 just a 400 f5. The 65 Elmar for the Visoflex is a 
>65 f3.5 and the 65s for the R are 65 f/2.8. There is a 100 f4 
>Macro-Elmar for the R.
>
>John Collier
>
>On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 12:05 PM, leirex@access4less.net wrote:
>
>>   The Telyt 400/560 f5 for Viso is considered rare and f5.6 is also scarce
>>in my book.  But f6.8 is pretty common and less appreciated, specially in R
>>mount.  I don't think many people know or use M (Viso) mount anyway.
>>
>>   The 65/4 Macro-Elmar in black finish is pretty scarce but surfaces off
>>and on as not a lot of people use it.  The chrome version is pretty
>>commonly showing up for sale again as not a lot of people want it.  It
>>seems that total quantity made has little to do with rarity in real world.
>
>

And there is no 65 in the R range, only the 60/2.8 :-).

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