Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html