Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > > >Could someone please tell me what is the > >difference between both versions and why is there such a difference in > >terms of the cost. > > The newer version has one aspheric surface, the older one has two. > Different glass in the later version makes it a better lens, so Leica has > said. Not much better, I'm sure. The price difference is because of the > rarity of the older lens. I though the old lenses had to be hand ground by only one old guy who knew how to do it while the new ones are all computer ground (best operated by grade school kids). Mark Rabiner