Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] CV 35/1.2
From: colin at colinbaker.org (Colin Baker)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:55:08 -0500
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:47:43 -0500, Stan Yoder <s.yoder at comcast.net> 
wrote:

> On 3/29/12 3:15 AM, Henning wrote:
>> For a relatively inexpensive fast 35, I would look for a gen.1 Nokton  
>> f/1.2.
> I have the CV, but not sure which generation. Can anyone enlighten on  
> how to distinguish the gens from each other, and how does the later gen  
> compare with gen.1? Bought mine new Jan., 2010.
>

Second gen came out in 2011, so yours would be a first gen.  The second  
gen version is a little bit shorter, and the end of the barrel near the  
filter thread is silver instead of black.

Great lens (especially for the price), if you don't mind the size.
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