Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Yes, Herr Cohn's English is very good (perfekt!), but I suggest if you have a > question about the Tri-Elmar, it would be better to ask Herr Kiesel or > Daniel. The Tri-Elmar predates Herr Cohn's tenure. Kiesel and Daniel are > closer and more involved in product and production. The Contax zoom has been > rumored for years, but Leica came out with a variable focal length lens > first. Preemptive? How about innovative? Wouldn't a 35-50-70 Tri-Elmar be > nice? > > Bill Rosauer Yes, but at f/2.8. Surely a 35-50-75 at f/2.8 would be no more difficult to design than the 28-35-50. Then again we are all different. When I have a 35 on and want to go wide I want the 21. Others go the the next step (28) Dennis