Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Fotographie article on 19mm R lens?
From: leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)
Date: Thu Jan 6 11:08:11 2005
References: <d9.1d4462f1.2f0dbe63@aol.com> <C3BC5BC2-5F76-11D9-84DB-000A95C33F68@dodo.com.au>

I want to say it was redesigned about 10 years ago, give or take a few.  The 
older one had a huge front element, and I think lacked the built in filters. 
Bad distortion, too.  straight lines looked like a sine wave through the 
viewfinder.
Tom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdcb37@dodo.com.au>



> So I gather the 19mm lens has not been refreshed in the last few years 
> then?  Anyone know when the current version came out?
>
> Rick.
>


In reply to: Message from Thinkofcole at aol.com (Thinkofcole@aol.com) ([Leica] Leica Fotographie article on 19mm R lens?)
Message from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] Leica Fotographie article on 19mm R lens?)