Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/16

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: M35 f/1.4 Aspherical vs M35 f/1.4 Asph
From: chucko@eskimo.com (Charles E. Albertson)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 09:28:00 -0800

At 08:05 AM 3/15/96 -0800, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:

>No, it doesn't have a plastic element. It has a single aspherical 
>element rather than two of the original. The difference is that it is 
>pressed while hot into the aspherical shape, and needs no polishing 
>afterwards. That lessens the price significantly. Canon pioneered that 
>technique, I believe. But Leica claims that because of a new type of 
>glass used in the current version, the performance of the lens is higher 
>than the original, slightly. I know I'll own this lens some day. 
>
>-- 
>Eric Welch
>Grants Pass, OR
>
Quite right, Eric, and I stand corrected. I knew it had some sort of molded
element --- don't know where the plastic came from.