Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] 180/f2.8 & Infinity focus
From: scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:36:33 -0400
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Hi Doug,

On Apr 5, 2009, at 23:04, Doug Herr wrote:

> I think Spencer's lens is a first-version non-APO.

That is correct. The APO version was not made until about 1980  
according to Erwoin's book. This lens definitely dates to the early  
1970s or late 1960s. Metering has to be done stopped down. Great for  
shooting urban wild life. :)

Regards,
Spencer
In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] 180/f2.8 & Infinity focus)