Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03

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Subject: [Leica] Is the TE a zoom?
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sun Feb 3 09:25:43 2008
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Nevertheless.

There must be someone on the list who owns an M8/TE and who has a more  
comprehensive or elastic curiosity space. Or whimsical :-).

How about shooting a few frames with the FL ring set in various  
intermediate positions, looking at some tight crops from center and  
edges, and telling us whether the lens seems to be a true zoom? Or  
from someone with the requisite technical familiarity: is it a zoom?

--howard


On Feb 3, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> The TE and WATE are probably really zooms, except that they are  
> corrected
> only at the 3 FL.  And the cams etc that move the elements may not  
> be linear
> ( or whatever) for In between FL.  As well, there probably are not the
> relative coordination of the different elements.
>
> While I do own a TE, the use of the lens in between FL stops is out  
> of my
> curiosity space......
Replies: Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Is the TE a zoom?)
 In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Upgrade M8 to full frame)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Is the TE a zoom?)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Is the TE a zoom?)