Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Digital M mount camera speculation
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Jul 26 10:39:23 2006

On 7/25/06 8:51 PM, "Marty Deveney" <freakscene@weirdness.com> typed:

>> the implication is that they are non retrofocal true wide
>> angle designs with glass extending right back to the film plane or
> darned
>> close to it as real wide angles will do
> 
> The block diagrams show and this was backed up by seeing the lenses, that
> they are all at least partial retrofocus.
> 
> Those names, unfortunately, are just names.  They've almost all been used
> on lenses of different designs at one time or another, by the same
> manufacturers, Biogon and Distagon included.  Tessar too.
> 
> Marty


Just like I thought we cant count on Biogons being Biogons.



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