Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:25 AM 6/8/98 +0100, Lucien wrote: >He said that he made a test of both the >Summar 9cm (541056) and Summarex 8,5cm. >Result : the 9cm is a 8,5cm. >It was a mistake that was corrected after. The 9cm marking probably wasn't a mistake. There was a war on and the lens was apparently made for military use as a surveillance lens -- I believe the surviving example lacks a diaphragm. The marking was either deception or simply means that Leitz hadn't determined the final specifications when this example was constructed. But Leica, of course, doesn't make mistakes! <big grin> Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!