Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica TM39 , 28mm lens alternatives?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 18:29:04 -0500

At 12:45 AM 11/5/02 +0800, kelvin wrote:
>Any suggestions on an el-cheapo but decent performing
>screwmount 28mm lens?
>
>The soviets didn't make anything quite as legendary as
>their Jupiter-12, and the Orion 28/6.3 (which I have) is
>a so-so performer. Not willing to spend on a voightlander
>28/3.5 at the moment... are there other alternatives to look
>out for, preferably not more than US$100 ?

Two comments:

First, the Orion-15 is an f/6 lens, not f/6.3.

Second, the name is "Voigtlander" or "Voigtländer".  It has no "h" in it,
at all.

Marc

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