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

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Subject: [Leica] Minolta CL and CLE lenses
From: "Lucien_vD@compuserve.com" <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:15:09 -0500
 
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.

Simon wrote:

>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...?

Do you believe it?

Lucien
BELGIUM