[Leica] Friday For Sale Kobalux 28mm Lenses NEW 2002 Shipment

[Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com>]

For sale new boxed 2002 production Kobalux 28mm f2.8 lenses with SM to M
adapter, hood and caps. Black finish.

Three lenses available $330 each shipped US. International orders welcome
though international shipping does cost more.

I accept PayPal (my id is mak@teleport.com)

Most of today's contemporary 28mm lenses are of retrofocus design, meaning
long barrels and big front elements. This defeats one fundamental quality of
rangefinder cameras: that they should be compact and unobtrusive. This is
especially true with the Leica thread mount cameras like the III, which take
on unpocketable dimensions when combined with a large 28mm lens.

With a symmetrical design composed of six multicoated lens elements in four
groups, the Kobalux 28mm lens is the most compact wideangle lens in
production ‹ if not in history. But don't be fooled by its small size. It
handles quickly and confidently, with a crescent-shaped focusing that tab
makes getting tack-sharp pictures a snap. And its strong all-metal
construction inspires confidence.

What do the critics say about the Kobalux 28mm optical formula? Roger Hicks
of British Journal of Photography measured 68lp/mm at f/3.5 and more than
80lp/mm at f/5.6, past the maximum capabilities of most films and certainly
better than any output system can carry to finished product. He concluded
that "Unbelievably good... flatly superior to the earlier Leica lenses...
and while the 28mm [f/3.5] may be slower than the [Leica] Elmarit-M [f/2.8]
it is disputable whether its performance is one whit inferior." (November 6,
1996). 

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