Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] NEWBIE Q - lens names...
From: "Phil Leeson" <pjleeson@mchsi.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:44:15 -0600
References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030225155231.02758008@192.168.100.11>

Here's an excellent reference:
http://www.nemeng.com/leica/002e.shtml
Be sure to back up and go through the home page also - lots of stuff to
learn!
Regards,
Phil
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From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: [Leica] NEWBIE Q - lens names...


> I'm sure this is mentioned in the thousands of books/websites and
thousands
> times in the archive, but can anyone please summarize to this newbie
the
> different lens "brands?" From what I gather -
>
> 1 - 'lux is the wide aperture lenses, f1/ 1.2, and 1.4
> 2 - summicron is the "best" overall lens, usually start with f2
> 3 - elmarit and summarit are the small sized, small aperture (2.8 and
> higher) lens
>
> What do the prefix noctui-, summi-, and elmar- mean? I guess noctui-
is
> related to "night" or imply wide aperture. How about the others.
>
> Please don't get mad if this is so trivially obvious or stupid. The
delete
> key is only a few inches away.
>
> Thanks.

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