Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:49 PM 11/8/97 +0000, you wrote: >f1.4.=A0 Leitz was never known for passing up the chance to stick a >premium on a fast lens, so why didn't they charge more for the Summilux? > >As you Americans so charmingly say - go figure. Probably because the Summicron can focus closer, so it's a more expensive mechanism, as opposed to the Summilux, that was more expensive glass. The balanced each other out? :-) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch He, who will not reason, is a bigot; =20 he, who cannot, is a fool; =20 and he, who dares not, is a slave. =20 William Drumond, Scottish writer (1585-1649)