Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] which medium format?
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Sun Feb 25 18:27:42 2007
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At 07:29 PM 2/25/2007, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
 >Marc,
 >
 >I have been around Super Ikonta B cameras since before you were born,
 >but I never heard of one with a Schneider
 >Xenar lens.  I  have seen a Super Ikonta A with a Xenar lens.

I am sorry if I was imprecise.  I was merely 
indicating that some Super Ikonta cameras came 
with Xenar lenses.  For that matter, some came 
with Rodenstock and Hensoldt three-element Novar lenses.

I was not trying to suggest that Postwar Super 
Ikonta B's ever came with less than the Tessar!

Marc


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