Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:05 AM 28/11/96 -0700, Chris wrote: >LUGers, > >I have noticed that, that over the years, there has been a reduction in the >number of blades. An extreme example is the relatively new 50mm/2.8 Elmarit, >which only has six blades. The most recent 50mm Summicron has eight blades, >while the DR Summicron and type-2 Summicron each had ten blades. What is >going on? > >I noticed this recently, after taking pictures on a particularly gray day. A >car's headlamps produced an eight-fold pattern in the print. I agree that an >eight-fold pattern appears more natural than a 10-fold pattern, but this >still leaves me unsatisfied. Can one of you shed some light on this phenomenon? > My 50 summilux has 12 blades; all my other lenses have 10. Dan C.