Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 50mm f1.5 Nokton question
From: "Anders Nygren" <anygren@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:11:19 -0600
 
De: A.H.SCHMIDT <horsts@primus.com.au>


<snip>

>In my opinion, Cosina could not care less about the history or the accuracy
of
>this lens names. It is a shame. But then what do you expect, if a company
is to
>ashamed to use
>there own name on the products they manufacture.
>

But they do sell it under their own name too. We have seen them sold under
the Cosina name here on the LUG and I have seen in a Spanish photo mag
an ad for the Bessa-L but with the name Cosina SW-102 or something like
that.

I would guess that the use of the Voigtlander name is just to ride the retro
wave
in Japan.


/Anders Nygren