Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/10

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Subject: Re: 50mm f1?????
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:51:56 -0500

>Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:24:19 +0100 (MEZ)
>From:	Siepen <hl449si@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
>Subject: Re: 50mm f1?????
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>> > Was it Minolta or Canon that made the 50mm f/1?  This must be a heck of
>> > a lens.  Saw it advertised in the back of the magazines, but I think it
>> > was around $3000 or more!
>> 
>> Canon. They also have a 85mm f1.2 but the contrast is very poor. 
>> 
>There is also a 50mm f/0.9 from Leica for their M-Series. I don't know
>the price. (And I don't wanna know it :-) )
>
>Peter
>
Would anyone in the group care to respond to the last comment? 

Dan C.