Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Floating elements are not new. My old Nikon 24mm f2.8D AF-Nikkor has them. So does my Olympus OM 85mm f2 and 50mm f2 Macro. The Olympus lenses are 25-30 yrs old and the Nikkor is 16. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 4/22/10 1:18 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > 2 things to note..... first, New Leica lenses cost $5K+ > Second, it is no longer sufficient to have ASPH elements.... they must be > FLOATING ...... > > Floating is the new Leica Buzzword.... > > ( yes, I understand the issue of back focus.....) > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > Another new toy to consider: > > http://leica-camera.com.ua/assets/Info_09_2010_LEICA_SUMMILUX-M_1.4_35mm_ASP > H._Engl.pdf > > > Product code: 11663 > > Approx. US$5,000. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information