Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd forgotten that, but I'm not sure that means anything by itself, since the lens diagram for the original TE (in my original post I was mistakenly referring to the diagram for the WATE) appears to show that the change in FL is produced by moving the front element group alone, and that it occupies the extreme positions at the extremes of focal length. If the change in FL is a direct function of the displacement of the zooming element, then there is no reason why the seemingly odd choice of mechanical FL selection excludes the possibility of a zoom. I vaguely recall having read why this design was chosen but I can't remember the reasoning. If this is correct, then there should therefore be a functional (but unmarked) 35mm position between the 28 and the 50. WIsh I had one to diddle with! --howard On Feb 3, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 6:07 PM +0000 2/3/08, Steve Unsworth wrote: > It's even easy to tell the TE can't be a zoom because the order of > focal lengths is: 28-50-35. Can't have a zoom with that arrangement. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design