[Leica] Is the TE a zoom?

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

Thanks, Steve. That does seem surprising to me, but then I'm not a  
lens designer.

--howard


On Feb 3, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> Well I've shot the frames on Kodachrome, all I need to do now is  
> wait a
> month until they're processed and sent back to me.
>
> Only kidding I used the Tri-Elmar on an M8. The intermediate positions
> didn't give sharp images.
>
> I seem to remember Puts describing the lens as a zoom, but as  
> mentioned
> earlier perhaps the relevant element(s) only 'click' together at the
> standard focal lengths.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 3/2/08 17:25, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter@bex.net> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
>
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