Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/06

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: 90mm Recommendations
From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:14:29 -0000

Jim,
I could wish that someone (maybe that should be me if I'm asking) would 
update the Hove Foto Book on Canon rangefinder cameras  to do justice to 
their lens output. The Nikon equivalent book (Rotoloni) is a good example 
of how to get things right here.
There was an excellent set of articles in the LHSA's 'Viewfinder' magazine 
some years ago about all the various permutations.

Jem

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Jim Bielecki [SMTP:bieleckj@freeway.net]

Canon's 85mm F1.8 lens, the last of the 85mm's they produced, is the one to
get.  It was introduced in 1961 and was only available in a black barrel.
Dechert, and others, have long sung its praises.  It's pricey, though, and
relatively hard to find.  I've only seen a few on eBay after several years
of looking.

Jim Bielecki