Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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...... > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information