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Subject: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?"
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:47:04 -0500
References: <C85A58DC.64364%mark@rabinergroup.com>

That's the 3.5 Super-Elmar-R
Which I have a copy of.

Not the Super-Elmarit-R <http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/ 
r_system/lenses/3795.html>

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> Nice image Geoff, but wrong 15/2.8.  We were talking about the  
>> 15/2.8 Leica R
>> lens.  Which from what I remember is not a Zeiss lens.
>>
>> Gene
>
>
> Wiki thinks it was a Zeiss design.
> " Leica R lenses
> Leica 15mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-R ? 1980 (Carl Zeiss design)"
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica_Camera
>
> Which makes one assume they had a hand in it like they did the  
> Hologon.
> But it could be a mistake. As it seems very few lenes out there are  
> NOT
> patterned on a Zeiss design from the beginning. But are just  
> tweaked a bit
> and given a new name.
>
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
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