Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20

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Subject: [Leica] Minolta CL and CLE lenses
From: Simon Ogilvie <simon_ogilvie@ionica.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:10:14 -0000
 
Hans Pahlen wrote:
> I have seen LUG-folks reporting that they are using
> the CL 90/4 without problems. It is a great lens too.

Looking closely at this lens, it *appears* to be a
Tele-Elmarit or some-such, that has been aperture
restricted to f4.  This would imply that Leica produced
this lens from quality-control rejects that were perhaps
not up to scratch at full aperture but OK when stopped
down to f4, and were thus "free" to produce!

Does anybody know if this is true/likely/possible...?

Simon.


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