Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LEICAMAN56 wrote: > Greg, > > The names of Leica lenses correspond to their maximum aperatures, not their > focal length. This is true in most cases. Summicrons are always f/2's, > Summiluxes f/1.4's, etc. Tom A. just had a good posting on this in the last > couple of days (Elmar vs. Elmarit). The Super Angulons are Schneider lenses, > and they own the Angulon name. Telyts are always telephotos, irregardless of > the max. aperature. > > Hope this answers the question. > > Bill Rosauer Whilst not in the habit of pointing out possible fallacies - this does not account for Hextors, which have come in a variety of apertures; in fact in this case I believe the appellation applies to the internal design. Others will comment Peterg