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Re: [OM] (OT) Schneider-Kreuznach WAS which med format?

Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Schneider-Kreuznach WAS which med format?
From: "Keith Berry" <k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:53:33 -0000
John A. Lind wrote:

> Schneider-Kreuznach is perhaps the second best German lens maker; very hot
> on the heels of Carl Zeiss.  The S-K name is not well known among still
> camera users, unless you are into Rollei TLR's or M/F SLR's. ...

The majority of Kodak Retinas had Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar or Xenon lenses,
other than those with Rodenstock or the wartime Ektar lenses, and I think it
was Ed Romney who said that the non-convertible S-K ones of the Retina IIc
were among the very best of lenses for the 35mm format.

I recently pasted a long description in German of an eBay Retina into
Babelfish, and in the translation were included the strange words: "cutter
cross after." Going back to the German text I saw that it was a translation
of Schneider-Kreuznach!

Regards,
-Keith


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