Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bessa-R released!
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:57:17 +0200

Skip Williams wrote:

> - Two new Color Skopar lenses, a pancake 35/2.5 and a more normal
> 35/2.8.  Strange that they released two lenses with such similar
> specs.  They must had one of them already done for another purpose.  I
> can't believe that they'd create a new lens design just to save a little
> length.  The optical formulas are different, but both are non-aspheric and
> priced at Y350,000 and Y300,000

Skip,

Both the two new Color Skopar lenses, the pancake and the classic, are f/2,5
lenses.
Look at the following link.
<http://www.cosina.co.jp/bessa-r/6.html>
They have the same glasses.

The drawing of the glasses of the 35/2,8 on the following link is from a reflex
lens.
<http://www.cosina.co.jp/bessa-r/3.html>

Lucien