Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/04

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Subject: [Leica] New to Leica - Leitz 4/90
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:40:37 -0500
References: <99bc852e0903031922y68afd18cuf04dc588c8eaf1e0@mail.gmail.com> <20090304035429.D7DF518A770@barracuda.rutabaga.org> <49AEDD90.2020401@sbcglobal.net>

At 02:59 PM 3/4/2009, Bill Larsen wrote:
 >Marc James Small wrote:
 >
 >> /Snip/
 >> --  there never has been a 4/90 Leitz Elmar.  That lens was a 4/9cm
 >> Leitz Elmar.  This is one of my favorite lenses.  I have late edition
 >> on my Bellows II as a micro lens, and a collapsible one for my M's.
 >> It is a wonderful lens.
 >> /Snip
 >
 >Are you talking about pre-war lenses?   I know my post-war 4/90 is
 >labeled as a Leitz lens.  Inquiring minds would like to know.

I have corresponded with Bill about this 
off-List.  He is absolutely correct and I was 
wrong.  The final four-element f/4 Elmars were 
marked as 90mm as were, I believe, all of the 
three-element lenses.  But MOST of the f/4 Elmar 
line were 9cm.  The changeover was not made at 
one rigid point, but occurred between roughly 1961 and 1967.

Marc


msmall at aya.yale.edu
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Replies: Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] New to Leica - Leitz 4/90)
Reply from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] New to Leica - Leitz 4/90)
In reply to: Message from jan at gviolins.com (Jan van Rooyen) ([Leica] New to Leica)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] New to Leica)
Message from von-ohlen at sbcglobal.net (Bill Larsen) ([Leica] New to Leica - Leitz 4/90)