Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Iisaka wrote: > There is however one pre-Ai lens that cannot be > used on F3 onwards. It is the 2.1cm 1:4 lens that requires a mirror lock > up, due to its symmetric, Aviogon-like design. The *Leica* Aviogon is a Bertele designed super- Super Angulon lens used in the RC series 9x9" aerial camera ... the 152mm Aviogon has in the range of 100 lppm across the 9x9 field, as well as 10micron linearity ... and we thought Leica was only a 35mm outfit! (yes, I know that Leica-Geosystems is now a distinct corporation :-/ I've recently obtained one of these puppies which is being outfitted into a shutter for an 8x10 camera, the tripod, BTW, is also of Wild/Leica origin: a wood surveyors tripod converted to 1/4-20 thread. Now if only the Visoflex bellows was the proper size ... Jonathan Borden