Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Not one single other current Leica R lens has anything to do whatsoever >with Minolta. The 28-70 has its origins in Sigma. The 35-70 f/4 and 80-200 >f/4 from Kyocera, the 28 Shift lens is by Schneider. (Dang good company >that's as good at designing lenses as Leica and Zeiss). And all current M >lenses are by Leica. >One small mistake! The new 28-70 is a Kyocera (also makes most Contax lenses) >design. The original Sigma 28-70 has been discontinued, as well as the >35-70/3.5. I'm confused. Are these Kyocera lenses related to the Zeiss lenses that are sold for the Contax SLRs? What is the relationship between Kyocera and Zeiss? - -- Matthew A. Cenzer Department of History Northwestern University mailto:mcenzer@nwu.edu