Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm missing something here. But there's nothing new in that :-)x....I was >refering to the M 35 1.4 ASPH, which for an M lens is a Sherman tank in size >and weight...I don't have the brochures in front of me, but I think it's >within a few grams of the body in weight....But what a lens! No the M 35/1.4 ASPH only weighs 310 g (about 11 oz) - the M6 weighs 20 oz. The 35/1.4 ASPH is 46.2mm length x 53 mm dia. The latest 35/2.0 non ASPH weighed 190 g (about 7 oz) and was 26mm length and 52mm dia. The 35/1.4 R weighs 690 g 9 (about 24 oz!) and is 76mm length and 75mm dia. From the Leica M catalog and Handbook of the Leica system. Dick Hemingway Norman, OK