Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A Japanese acquaintance of mine just returned from Tokyo with 2 beautiful Leica "M" mount lenses. According to him > "The Leitz (Leica) patent for the bayonet mount, has run out & therefore expect to see many new lenses on the market at less than German prices." < **************************Marvin Moss*********************************** Shawn wrote: >And if Sigma made Leica mount lenses (in the SLR world Leica is R, not L - >that's Canon) nobody in their right minds would buy them. You don't go to a >fine restaurant to eat hot dogs. :-) It's funny that you should say that, because Adorama has done exactly that. They sell 21 and 28mm lenses with accessory finders in the M mount for approx. $700 each. Popular Photography did a test of the two lenses and said that they were essentially fair quality no-name Japanese glass. They might not be selling out of them, but they must have perceived some demand for these lenses if they went to the trouble of putting them on sale. >>