Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/05

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Subject: Re: Bokeh (again); Japanese L-mount lenses
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 15:06:07 -0400

At 03:11 PM 05-10-97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Why? How much cheaper could it be? And think about the price of a good used
>>90 Summicron and what performance difference there would be. Not in my
>>lifetime would I buy "generic" Leica mount lenses.
>
>
>The only thing I can see that might make sense is if someone made a lens 
>that Leica doesn't offer. Now that Leica has filled about the only "hole" 
>in the M lens line with the 24mm, it would have to be something wider 
>than 21mm. Longer than 135 wouldn't make a lot of sense.
>
>It seems especially strange to me that someone felt there was a need for 
>an alternative to the 35mm Summicron, for instance.
>
>- Paul

I think the original post referred to the desire to have an alternative to
the very high priced 75mm lens.

Dan C.