Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 45/2.8 pancake
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:08:39 -0500

At 01:47 PM 12/4/1999 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote:
>
>Nice lens (Tessar, similar in cross-section to the Leica Elmars, Nikkor
>GN, Pentax 40mm pancake, etc.),

Please, Mike.  Let us not place the cart before the horse.  The OTHER
lenses are Tessar clones.  No hu-hu, as imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery.  But you cheat Paul Rudolph and Ernst Wandersleb of their credit,
something even Max Berek never dared to do -- he was quite careful to
always credit the Tessar as being the master for the Elmar.

In other words, it would have been more, well, honest, had you said, "A
Tessar, just as are the Elmar and ... ".

Marc

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