Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would that make it, for those late ones, a special run. It doesn't seem that they would of been part of the general run. sd On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > At 02:59 PM 3/4/2009, Bill Larsen wrote: > >Marc James Small wrote: > > > >> /Snip/ > >> -- there never has been a 4/90 Leitz Elmar. That lens was a 4/9cm > >> Leitz Elmar. This is one of my favorite lenses. I have late > edition > >> on my Bellows II as a micro lens, and a collapsible one for my M's. > >> It is a wonderful lens. > >> /Snip > > > >Are you talking about pre-war lenses? I know my post-war 4/90 is > >labeled as a Leitz lens. Inquiring minds would like to know. > > I have corresponded with Bill about this off-List. He is > absolutely correct and I was wrong. The final four-element f/4 > Elmars were marked as 90mm as were, I believe, all of the three- > element lenses. But MOST of the f/4 Elmar line were 9cm. The > changeover was not made at one rigid point, but occurred between > roughly 1961 and 1967. > > Marc > > > msmall at aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information