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David J. Littleboy wrote:
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> "Jeremy" wrote:
>> "David J. Littleboy" wrote:
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>> > It looks to me that the new Zeiss-Ikon rangefinder is a remounting of
> the
>> > Contax G lenses, which is what lots of people have been praying for for
>> > years.
>>
>> According to their web site, Zeiss is designing these new lenses from
>> scratch. At least, that is the impression they seem to want to convey.
>
> Could be. I was struck by the point that only one lens at one f stop is
> even slightly less than the sharpest lens at that f stop they had ever
> seen: the 35/2.0 at f/2.0. (Hmm, the charts on the site below have the
> 35/2.0 being better than the 50/2.0.)
Sonnar 50mm/2 = Jupiter-8, and Sonnar 85mm/2 = Jupiter-9. But of course they
may have updated the designs somewhat...
>> I read somewhere that the timing has something to do with the fact that
> the
>> patent on the M-mount has just expired . . .
>
> Ah. Sounds likely.
Can't be. The original M-mount appeared already half a century ago, and
patents expire in 20 years. Did they add something interesting in the
eighties, e.g. the exposure meter?
-- Lassi
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