Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, With the exception of the change in coating, was there really a change in the formula? In other words is the lens really a 52.5 that was called a 55mm one year and a 50mm the next for marketing reasons? Don dorysryus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Joseph Yao Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:54 PM To: Leica User Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Digilux 2 There were a few version of the aspheric 55mm f/1.2: March, 1971 FD 55mm f/1.2 AL March, 1973 FD 55mm f/1.2 S.S.C. AL March, 1975 FD 55mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical The focal length went from 55mm to 50mm in 1980, with a new design: October, 1980 New FD 50mm f/1.2 L Joseph on 27/11/03 12:24 pm, Don Dory at dorysrus@mindspring.com wrote: > Henning, > Canon made a 50mm F1.2 L lens contemporaneous with the first Noctilux. > It had eight elements, a ground aspheric surface, and close range > correction. Erwin claims it is better than the Noctilux. We will see > about that. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html