Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14

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Subject: [Leica] New 18 mm lens
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Sat Feb 14 00:47:04 2009
References: <20090214011558.ED1F6BE407B@ws1-9.us4.outblaze.com> <003801c98e63$5dde5c50$199b14f0$@net>
 
I'm quite convinced it covers 24x36.

a. Kaufmann said all their lenses would.

b. It's very large for a lens that only covers the M8 format. 
Remember, a lens that covers the same angle of view and has the same 
speed and was also designed very recently (the 24/3.8) is a lot 
smaller.




At 9:16 PM -0800 2/13/09, Frank Filippone wrote:
>Nice find!  About $3K.. or so....a bit cheap for a Leica lens.......
>
>Super Elmar it is!
>
>Note, and it may mean nothing, that the lens is specified angle of view ONLY
>for the M8.........
>
>Is film really dead?
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>http://www.lecirque.fr/product_info.php/cPath/428_256/products_id/38967?osCsid=65165e9e1b2ab856172eb25b33cc36fd
>
>


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