Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, The language is probably a translation, but I get the idea that it is just like the collapsable 50mm 3.5 Elmar. The whole lens turns when focusing, so the aperture scale rotates also. This does NOT mean that the f-stop changes. The scale just rolls around with the lens. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:31 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... > My kind of lens exactly. > But why would the f stops move when you focas? > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:33:28 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... >> >> ... and no lugger cares? :-) >> >> http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/09/06/ms-optical-super-triplet-perar/ >> >> Only 180 will be produced. Apparently, Miyazaki san designs and makes the >> lens himself. Since the beans were spilled on RFF a couple weeks ago, >> boatload of Leicaphiles went to order the lens and now it is in >> backorder. >> >> I probably won't get one myself. At one point, I owned 3, count them, 3, >> 50mm M lens but I always went for the same one. That's when I realized >> that >> there is no point for me to own more than one lens of a particular focal >> length (*). >> >> // richard "ain't no Jeff Smith" man >> >> (*) with the exception of the Nokton 50/1.1 and the 'lux. >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >