Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for clearing things up, John. I am afraid that it is just about time for me to go west. David Original Message: - ----------------- From: John Collier jbcollier@shaw.ca Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:21:43 -0700 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] rare lenses There is no 560 f5 just a 400 f5. The 65 Elmar for the Visoflex is a 65 f3.5 and the 65s for the R are 65 f/2.8. There is a 100 f4 Macro-Elmar for the R. John Collier On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 12:05 PM, leirex@access4less.net wrote: > The Telyt 400/560 f5 for Viso is considered rare and f5.6 is also > scarce > in my book. But f6.8 is pretty common and less appreciated, specially > in R > mount. I don't think many people know or use M (Viso) mount anyway. > > The 65/4 Macro-Elmar in black finish is pretty scarce but surfaces > off > and on as not a lot of people use it. The chrome version is pretty > commonly showing up for sale again as not a lot of people want it. It > seems that total quantity made has little to do with rarity in real > world. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html