Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/05

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Subject: Re: Bokeh (again); Japanese L-mount lenses
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 17:00:06 -0500

At 10:49 AM 9/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Eric Welch 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. :-)
>> 
>
>I was told by a number of people including a Leica dealer that the
>Vario-Elmar 28-70mm was made by Sigma. 

True, but they were built to Leica's standards, or they didn't sell. Not so
with Sigma lenses that happen to have Leica R mounts on them.

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR

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