Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 26 Sep 2000, at 17:01, John Brownlow wrote: > on 26/9/00 4:29 pm, Austin Franklin at austin@darkroom.com wrote: > > > Someone claims he has seen a 90/1.0 Leica R lense in HK. This is the claim: > > > > "What can I say, I should take a photo out of it next time I go to HK, may be > > around October 5 or 6. With the price listed ($10,000) I guess the lens is > > still there or is there any list member resident in HK? The Camera store name > > is " Chung Cheng " - spelling may be wrong but it is located very close to the > > Mirama Hotel. I have enough Leica M and R lenses to make me believe the > > 90/1.0 is a true Leica, made by Leica Canada." > > > > Anyone ever hear of this lense? > > An f/1 90mm lens would have to have an aperture of... hm, let's see... ah, > yes! 90 mm. I wonder if it'll be available in an M mount! > > ;) It is, it is actually an Elcan military special, I have photos or the beast, the last one sold for about US$25000 from my recollection. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours audiob@ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html