Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Don, should have known better. That would imply a lens in R-mount, nichts? Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] 75 'cron now 105 F1.4 > Seth, > The 105 F1.4 was assuming use of the 75 Summilux on an APS C digital > camera. Fifty percent crop factor would give you something in the > neighborhood of 105-110 effective focal length. > > I wonder if anyone has mounted a 75 Summilux on the RD-1? Howard, Dr. > Yao, Frank, anyone have both the RD-1 and the 75 Summilux? Want to > chase attractive faces to see how this combination works? > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Seth Rosner > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:47 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 'cron > > Don, I'm forwarding your post to Stefan Daniel at Solms; it seems to me > that > input like yours should be invaluable to the planners at Leica. Only one > > disagreement with you: I do not believe that a 105/F1,4 is possible for > two > reasons, one because I think that even if it is technologically > achievable > it would be ferociously expensive and monstrously heavy and bulky and > two, > perhaps more important, I do not think it would work on an M-camera, the > > bulk of such a lens would block the viewfinder. > > Seth > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >