Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/24

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Subject: [Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:22:20 +0930
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> You know that the Aspheric elements don't 'float' and they are ?not related
> to 'back focus' right? The floating elements do improve close in 
> performance
> and I think minimise focus shift as you stop down, I 'd stand correction on
> that last.

Using aspherical elements in lens design helps control spherical
aberrations, and so help minimise focus shift.

Marty


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