Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:23 AM 1/21/99 -0800, you wrote: >My objective was not to offend, and not to flame. Your opinion is that I >did not answer. Mine is I did answer. Are newer lenses sharper. YES! Why? >Glass improves, production improves, design is computerized and optimized >and improves. Hence, lenses have a tendency to be better. Example, >Aspheric lenses (new) are far sharper than older non aspheric lenses. This is a redesign and an M lenses. Not a redesign from a Minolta lens. (Jim) >You obviously own an R system and I offended you by telling you that the >older R lenses, even though they say Leica are really Minolta. This is simply not true. How did you dream this up??? (Jim) 16, 24, 35-70, 70-210, & 500 from Minolta. How many times does it have to be said? (Jim) >Peter K. PS... do you know something that no one else in the world knows? So, according to you, all of the old R lenses were secretly made in Japan, by Minolta? I guess we need to re-write the Leica history books. Also, please tell us when Minolta stopped making the 19, 28, 35, 50, 60, 80, 90, 100, 135, 180, 250, 350... 800, which have always been, until now, Leitz/Leica designs. Again, 16, 24, 35-70, 70-210, & 500 from Minolta. What am I missing??? Erwin...? Jim