Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50's big and small
From: Krechtz@aol.com
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:29:24 EDT

In a message dated 9/5/00 9:18:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com writes:

<< A 50mm Noctilux weighs 630 g's
 A 50mm Elmar weighs 170 g.
 So that's 3 & 3/4's times heavier! >>

I have heard it rumored that Leica will be showing a new anamorphic, aspheric 
APO version of the Noctilux at Photokina, that weighs only 300 grams!  I 
understand it will be known as the Anorexic...

Joe Sobel