Re: Which Leica R?
I am pretty sure (I don't have my copy with me right now) the quote about Dr Mandler is in Jonathan Eastland's book about the R System. I have found some pretty interesting stuff about the good Dr. on the Internet written by his friends and fellow workers. The Elcan site also has interesting data about the earlier history of the company. He was a pioneer in the use of computers in lens design, and the 35mm f/2 summicron was,I think, one of the first results. Though I suspect that, at that time, the computer was not much more than a higher grade adding machine and that a mind like Dr M's was still needed to produce the finished lens. Anyway, it produces results which are quite distinctive, and I would not want to be without mine.
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