Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Swing-out Polarizer for M ? ,was: When 15 is not Wide Enough
From: Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:44:51 -0800

> > >  Amazingly,  Cosina Voigtlander just announced  a  12/5.6 Super
Wide, NOT a fish
> > > eye.
>
> Hi!
>
>      I guess that's a record, beating the long time, the Nikkor 13mm,
> a still in production special order lens that's been around for years.
> Very large and very expensive.

Actually, production of 13/5.6 ceased a few years ago: Nikon USA may
have some in its inventory, but Nikon in Japan no longer has it.

You can often find a used, but mint one for about $7000.  They sold for
about $10,000 in Japan.