[Leica] Re: [Your LUG post about your new lens]

[Evan J Dong <ejdong@juno.com>]

Ken,

Thanks for the information on the LTM lenses that you listed in your
posting.  Would you be able to post some of the stores, who to contact
regarding mail order of some of  these lenses.  I would be most
interested in the Ricoh 21mm F2.8 and the Cosina 15mm F4.5 lense. If
there are any other LUGgers who would be interested, maybe we can get
together a quantity order upfront.  

Any other people interested?

Evan 

On 2 Feb 99 08:23:32 JST Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@netscape.net> writes:
>emu@aloha.com wrote:
>> Hello Ken --
>> 
>> I read with great interest your LUG post of yesterday or today about 
>your
>> new 61,500-yen lens.
>> 
>> I am considering buying one of the more economical non-Leica 21 or 
>28mm
>> lenses and am curious which one you are talking about. I wasn't able 
>to
>> find out by reading the previous batch of LUG postings. It appears 
>there
>> are more varieties of such lenses available right now in Japan, 
>where most
>> are manufactured, than elsewhere.
>
>To my knowledge, the following LTM lenses are either currently being 
>made
>and/or available on the market:
>
>Konica
>
>35mm f:2.0
>50mm f:2.4
>
>Kobalux, Avenon, Adorama...
>
>21mm f:2.8
>28mm f:3.5
>
>Ricoh
>
>21mm f:2.8
>28mm f:2.8
>
>Minolta
>
>28mm f:3.5
>
>Cosina (Voigtlander)
>
>15mm f:4.5 (non-RF coupled)
>25mm f:4 (non-RF coupled)
>
>Soon to be released is 60mm f:1.2 from Konica.  The price tag will be 
>198,000
>yen, and the production run will be only 300 or so.
>
>Yes, it seems like an LTM revival, but the sales figure seems to 
>indicate that
>the boom did not last very long.  It apears that Cosina's offerings 
>would be
>very popular, as they are not "limited production" items.
>
>
>
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