Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Solms product philosophy, was New 90mm Lens for M?
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:46:21 +0200

Adrian Bradshaw wrote:

>There was some consternation among dealers apparently
>that this would hit sales of the 100 APO for R series 
>at a time when the product philosophy at Solms is for 
>the R and M to be complementary lines.

Strange.
IMO there is no competition between a R-100/2,8 Apo-Macro
and a M-90/2 Apo-Asph.
(The M-75/1,4 will be more in trouble I guess)

A R-90/2 Apo-Asph is a different story, it may hit both
the R-100/2,8 Apo and the R-80/1,4.

Just my two centimes...


Lucien