Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Carlos, The Thambar is one of the Most sought lens by Leica's collectors. Few Thambars have been built(perhaps 2000). These two factors boost the prices.It is not a thecnical cost.The Thambar is a portrait lens calculated to be soft.The silver disc on the filter increases the softness of the lens. Giancarlo - -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Carlos Blanco <cblanco@fibertel.com.ar> A: leica <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Data: domenica 30 maggio 1999 22.01 Oggetto: [Leica] thambar questions >hello luggers! > Some days a go a collectionist showed me a thambar lens just for the >purpose of improving my leica culture. He said It was quite expensive. I >could verify that info in some of the price list of several leica vendors >(tamarkin, wall street camera and so on). But one question remains on my >mind: why is it so expensive? I'm asking from the technical point of view. >By the way, I noticed that the lens had a filter with a plated circle in the >central part, a kind of mirror I guess. What is it for? > >Leically > >Carlos > >