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Subject: Re: [Leica] Alpa question
From: "Jean-Michel Tomaschett" <jx@bluewin.ch>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:10:35 +0200
References: <BB3FEB71.17A0D%joseph@yao.com>

a short history and the link between Kern and Leica:
In 1988 Kern was integrated into the Wild-Leitz Group, which was formed
1986. 1990 formation of the Leica Group.
Leica Camera was separated from the Leica Group and became a publicly held
company in 1996.

Jean-Michel


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From: "Joseph Yao" <joseph@yao.com>
To: "Leica User Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Alpa question


> The Kern Macro Switar 50/1.9 is a very fine lens.  It has very high
> resolution (though contrast not as high as modern lenses) and I use one
> regularly with my M6.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> on 20/7/03 6:22 am, animal at s.jessurun95@chello.nl wrote:
>
> > This question :
> >> Does anyone remember the 35mm-SLR ALPA?
> >
> > from Jean-Michel Tomaschett made me realize that i had an Alpa lens
> > somewhere which was my fathers.
> > Eventually i found it it in a box in the furthest corner of my basement
> > where i have stored the radioactive lenses recently after advice from
> > Michael Briggs,
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~michaelbriggs/aeroektar/aeroektar.html
> > Anyhow the lens is rather unusual in that the focusing scale is very
long ,a
> > few turns and it also states the magnification factor.
> > It is marked Kern macro switar 1:1,9/50 AR made for alpa.
> > Does anyone have experience wih this lens?
> > Thanks
> > simon jessurun
> > amsterdam
> >
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Replies: Reply from Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com> (Re: [Leica] Alpa question)
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