Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03

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Subject: [Leica] Is the TE a zoom?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 3 20:28:06 2008

According to Leica it is not a zoom, but 3 separate focal lengths.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net>
>
> Nevertheless.
> 
> There must be someone on the list who owns an M8/TE and who has a more  
> comprehensive or elastic curiosity space. Or whimsical :-).
> 
> How about shooting a few frames with the FL ring set in various  
> intermediate positions, looking at some tight crops from center and  
> edges, and telling us whether the lens seems to be a true zoom? Or  
> from someone with the requisite technical familiarity: is it a zoom?
> 
> --howard
> 
> 
> On Feb 3, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> 
> > The TE and WATE are probably really zooms, except that they are  
> > corrected
> > only at the 3 FL.  And the cams etc that move the elements may not  
> > be linear
> > ( or whatever) for In between FL.  As well, there probably are not the
> > relative coordination of the different elements.
> >
> > While I do own a TE, the use of the lens in between FL stops is out  
> > of my
> > curiosity space......
> 
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