Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That ref is exactly the same as the lens on the TC-1 compact. Looks like Minolta is doing what Konica and Ricoh have recently done as well: a ltd series LTM collector's item out one of the more respected compact optical designs. That is my bet anyway. Any other ? Alan B. D. Colen wrote: > > It does look neat...Now, if we could only tell what the hell it is! Any > Japanese readers out there.... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Joe > > Berenbaum > > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 3:19 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] weird new Minolta lens > > > > > > At 12:18 16/09/98 -0400, you wrote: > > >Might be off topic, but check out the picture on > > >http://www.minolta.co.jp/japan/press98/optical/grokkor28f35_j.html > > > > It's silver, it looks like metal, and they are calling it a Rokkor. They > > haven't used that name for anything autofocus as far as I can recall so it > > could be a nice, small, metal barreled manual focus lens- and I get the > > feeling it isn't for a single lens reflex! > > > > Joe Berenbaum > >