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Subject: [Leica] Is 35 the Current 50?
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:00:48 +0000
References: <CAJ4y7gyFZh5BW+zDEBik4ebbp7deipnnpz4TwyXtELdmigXWRQ@mail.gmail.com> <CD1F6115.3CA9%mark@rabinergroup.com>
 
Then the 50mm Summilux asph is actually a 51.4mm.....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I think it has now Bob. I think they can correct the hell out of a 35mm 
> lens
> now.  They do it in their sleep.
> 43 - 35  = 8
> 50 - 43  = 7
> 
> They are a millimeter away from each other in being the same diff from 
> being
> normal. Normal being 43. Its just that the 35 is going to be retrofocal. A 
> tele
> lens looked through from the wrong direction. But we have computers now
> and asph glass so that's a no brainer for those guys.
>
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