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'''Elcan''' stands for <U>E</U>rnst <U>L</U>eitz <U>Can</U>ada. This company, a dependent of [[Leitz]] in Midland (Ontario) founded to serve the North American market, began own lens development under the renowned German expert Dr. Walter Mandler. It made special military lenses with the ''ELCAN'' name. See their [[Leica M lenses#ELCAN lenses|Leica M lenses]] and their [[Leicaflex / Leica R lenses#ELCAN lenses|Leicaflex lenses]]. The company also manufactured some Leica camera models. It developed the first lens with two aspherical elements, the Noctilux 1:1.2/50mm, and the world's fastest tele lens Elcan 1:1.0/90mm. Nowadays Elcan is independent from the German [[Leica]] AG. Now it belongs to the Raytheon group but still makes some the best Leica M-mount lenses like the Noctilux 1:1.0/50 mm. ===cameras=== * Leica IIf * [[Leica IIIf]] * Leica KE7 (military [[Leica M4]]) * [[Leica M4-2]] * [[Leica M4-P]] * [[Leica MD-2]] * Leica KE7a * Midland Leica 72 (half-frame) ===lenses=== * Telyt 1:4.8/280 mm * Summicron 1:2.0/90 mm * Summicron 1:2.0/35 mm * Elcan 1:2.0/50 mm (military budget Summicron 1:2.0/50 mm) * Summilux 1:1.4/35 mm * Telyt 1:4.8/280 mm * Elmarit 1:2.8/28 mm for Leica M * Noctilux 1:1.0/50 mm * Apo-Telyt-R 1:3.4/180 mm * Noctilux 1:1.2/50mm * Telyt 1:4.0/200 mm * Hektor 1:2.5/125 mm * Elcan 1:1.0/90 mm * Elcan 1:4.0/21 mm * Elcan 1:2.8/16 mm. ==Links== * [http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/64789.html?1083882061 An informative post at a Leica forum, with much info] * [http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008b8F Another info post at photo.net] * [http://www.elcan.com/About_ELCAN/ELCAN_History/index.php Company history on company homepage] * [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/discus/messages/22/Das_Werk_Leitz_Canada-133304.doc document] about Elcan (German) on L-Camera-Forum [[Category:Camera makers]] [[Category:Lens makers]] [[Category:Canada]] [[Category:Leica]]
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