[Leica] Probably a silly question....

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

FWIW - For Wuv in Wolverine?
Fortune Wibble Indigenous WhoaWow?

FWIW, some TLA do 5AV3 0N TY41N5 <0RR3<7LY

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Yep! Had mine 18 months or so. I never had the previous model to compare
> though.
> It is demonstrable that the new design has less focus shift. Whether you
> notice in practical use is dependant on how you use the lenses of course.
> Oh and it costs a young fortune. Surprise surprise. For whatever it's worth
> they sell on eBay here for at least 20% more than the new list price!
> Very difficult to find, but that might describe most of the lenses.
>
> Notice that I did not type FWIW as that may trip certain acronym
> hypersensitive reactions ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 8 March 2012 20:14, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>
> > Never mind the name game - does any lugger have this lens and show that
> it
> > is better than the V1 ASPH? The FLoatingElementGroup supposes to help
> with
> > focus shift - not that I notice any with my V1 - but well, what do real
> > shooters say?
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:05 AM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Google "35mm Summilux FLE" gets me 466,000 hits with Mr Rockwell at the
> > > top....
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > Welli'd replied that the term FLE Is not used on the box but I'm also
> > going
> > > to say its not used very often at all to describe the lens by people on
> > > chatgroups NOT on the box. Easy enough to check just search engines for
> > > 35mm
> > > Summilux FLE and see how many hits you get.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Shorthand for people to know the difference in model, would you
> rather
> > I
> > > said
> > > > that a 11663 was available?
> > > >
> > > > john
> > > > ________________________________________
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > FLE is Zeiss.
> > > > You'll not find it on a Leica box nor on a lens.
> > > > Just think of it as "Fleiss".
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
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