Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/08

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Subject: [Leica] FYI: Two new lenses from CZ
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:55:04 -0500 (CDT)
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I have had a 55mm Distagon for years.   It's on my Rollei.


On Sep 8, 2012, at 1:55 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a ZF.2/ZE lens Mark - those are Nikon F CPU enabled (like Nikon
> Ai-P) and Canon EOS mount lenses, respectively.
> 
> I'd be interested to see what images from a no holds barred normal
> with a floating element and the Zeiss approach (no aspherical
> elements, use large numbers of spherical elements, T* coating and
> large size) would look like.
> 
> Marty
> 
> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
>> If they are calling a 55 a Distagon its for medium format making it a 
>> wide?
>> I use a 50mm Distagon Zeiss made for Hasselblad. And a 60 with the same
>> designations. Those focal lengths are wide for medium format  6x6 which 
>> has
>> 80mm as a normal.
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:57:50 -0400
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: [Leica] FYI: Two new  lenses from CZ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Zeiss will show two very interesting ZF.2/ZE mount lenses at Photokina: a
>>> 135/2,0 Apo Sonnar and a 55/1.4 Distagon (yes a Distagon, not a Planar).
>>> 
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In reply to: Message from alal at poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] FYI: Two new lenses from CZ)
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