Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does that mean I was gypped? My 90-C only goes to f22. Oh well, it's probably a usable f22. Although I've yet to use it at that aperture. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: Leica 90mm f/4.0 Elmar C prices >Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2003, 6:14 PM > > At 07:59 PM 8/26/03 EDT, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: >>In a message dated 8/26/03 4:53:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >>msmall@infionline.net writes: >> >>> A number of Telyts do so, such as the 4.5/20cm. I believe that all 4/9cm >>> or 90mm Elmars stop down to either f/36 (European aperture scale) or f/32 >>> (International scale). >>> >>Still it's rare to find a lens for a 35mm that stops down to f32. I've never >>seen f32 on a Nikon lens. > > Well, we ARE speaking about REAL cameras here, aren't we? Those "lesser > breeds without the Law" just do enough to get by, while Ernst Leitz Wetzlar > goes the extra distance to meet ALL of your needs! (And I suspect that > some, if not all, Nikon MF and View Camera lenses stop down to f/32 or below.) > > Most Kilfitt and many Steinheil lenses also stop down to f/32 or f/36. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html