Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK - we have reached consensus after all. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Krechtz@aol.com <Krechtz@aol.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 11. elokuuta 2000 1:42 Aihe: Re: Vs: Vs: Vs: Vs: [Leica] 50mm lens: now "-M" >In a message dated 8/10/00 12:04:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi writes: > ><< Yes, some do not even have the M. But I have never heard that any >manufacturer would ever produce anything but "the latest optical design >available" - not even Leica if you ask them. IMHO this hype about the M is >nonsense - >> > >Absolutely! Of course it's all hype and marketing nonsense. However, it >still has an effect on the price of a lens, directly or otherwise. I will >say again that the first Summicron to carry the "-M" is by all credible >accounts the same optic as the later and current model with built-in hood, >which might sell for more than the earlier model in the retail market, simply >because it is a newer body design and more recent product. To me, all this >represents nothing more than the opportunity to buy the same optic in the >earlier body at a lower price, as you and I have both done. > >Joe Sobel