Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This lens was announced to use at a Leica Historical Society of America three years ago. I'm glad it finally appears. Mark William Rabiner > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:03:30 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Conversation: [Leica] New 18 mm lens > Subject: Re: [Leica] New 18 mm lens > > I think instead of going smaller they went for extreme corrections. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:46:28 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] New 18 mm lens >> >> I'm quite convinced it covers 24x36. >> >> a. Kaufmann said all their lenses would. >> >> b. It's very large for a lens that only covers the M8 format. >> Remember, a lens that covers the same angle of view and has the same >> speed and was also designed very recently (the 24/3.8) is a lot >> smaller. >> >> >> >> >> At 9:16 PM -0800 2/13/09, Frank Filippone wrote: >>> Nice find! About $3K.. or so....a bit cheap for a Leica lens....... >>> >>> Super Elmar it is! >>> >>> Note, and it may mean nothing, that the lens is specified angle of view >>> ONLY >>> for the M8......... >>> >>> Is film really dead? >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> red735i@earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.lecirque.fr/product_info.php/cPath/428_256/products_id/38967?osCs>>> i >>> d=65165e9e1b2ab856172eb25b33cc36fd >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information