Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What I'd like to see.
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 21:37:09 +0400
 
Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> > 3.  Market a series of modern designed collapsible lenses
> > of low aperature, good (not exceptional) optics and decent
> > construction.
>
> But lens design is not something one undertakes lightly.  Where would
> the market
> be for this?  Why reinvent lenses that already exist in almost the
> same form?

Hasselblad does it with the CB line. I should add that I'm highly
intrigued by the concept of collapsible lenses. However, 2.8 is too slow
for me. Even the Minilux is faster.

Bernard