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[Richard Clompus <rclompus@voicenet.com>]

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>Jim Brick asked:
>
><snip>
>How did you determine that the 24mm R lens is a Minolta design? It's been
>around since 1974 and is a wonderful lens. One of my favorites. I bought it
>in 1976. It has been exemplary. And why would it need a makeover?
><snip>
>
>Brian Bower's text titled, _Leica Reflex Photography_, describes the 16/2.8
>fisheye as a Minolta lens built to Leica specifications and the 24/2.8 as
>being "another Minolta design."  I have no doubt that the 24mm lens is a
>fine performer.  I haven't had the pleasure of making pictures with this
>lens.  My comment about a make over for this lens is based upon two things:
> the introduction of the new aspheric design in the 24/2.8 M lens and
>observations made in the barrel design of current Leica R lenses.  It seems
>that about every twenty years or so, there is a change in the external
>appearance of Leica lenses.  It is something that slowly evolves.  It is
>something that is deliberate on the lens designer's part.  In checking my
>latest R8 booklet from Leica, most of the R lenses have a consistent look
>to them.  The "re-design" of the 35-70 and 28-70 and 80-200 zooms this year
>makes them all look similar in appearance (except for length).  Control
>rings look very similar.  The 24mm lens however has the older appearance
>where the front end of the lens barrel gets slightly smaller with external
>pins to mount a lens shade.  Most of the Leica R lens barrels now get
>slightly larger at the front end or remain the same diameter as the lens
>tube itself.  I know these are small observations but I think they are
>valid.  Leica did an external re-design of the 50/2 and 50/1.4 R lenses
>last year.  The 50mm lenses now include built-in lens shades.  But if you
>read their literature carefully, the optical lens design was identical.
>Perhaps cosmetically, Leica will do the same to the 24/2.8 R lens but keep
>the optics the same. 
>
>Leica was somewhat slow to catch on to floating elements with their wide
>angle lenses.  Minolta seemed to provide this technology for them at a time
>when they could not afford to develop it timely on their own.  Now Leica is
>improving their wide angle lenses even more by including floating elements
>and aspheric surfaces.  
>
>I am only a careful observer but sometimes these observations can show
>trends and therefore predict what will come to pass.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Richard
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>Richard Clompus, OD
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