Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/20

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Subject: Re: Summicron-R versus Summicron-M
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:10:55 -0700

At 11:45 AM 10/20/96 +0200, you wrote:

>A number of readers of the magazine I am writing for asked me to
>investigate the differences (if any) between the two standard 50mm lenses
>for the R and M.As you may know, both lenses use the same optical formula,
>but the R lens is physically larger, the lensdiameter is bigger an it is
>slightly retrofocus, in order to accomodate the 47mm distance from

>Maybe this story gives you some food for thought.

Yes, like how could they be the same optical formula, but one be more
retrofocus than the other. You mean, by formula, the same general? Like all
biogons are similar?

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR

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