Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:56:51 -0500 >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Visoflex and R mount lenses >Message-ID: <3AA3D363.6A53B700@earthlink.net> >References: <53.3225484.27d52a4c@aol.com> > >TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: >As a sidenote, the 45/2,8 Pancake lens for the >> FM3A Nikon is made by Cosina for Nikon. I saw the prototype of this lens in >> November last year. They also make the 75/2,5 in a Nikon SLR mount. >> Tom A > >And all of this raises once again the quite obvious question of why >Leica doesn't put Leica glass in other mounts....and make the lenses >available to folks using Canon and Nikon bodies...Now THERE's a ready >market... I cannot agree more; probably there are many folks out there (at least nearly all my friends who use SLR systems) waiting for Leica to make R lenses for their Nikon or Canon mounts. This might halt the potential demise of the R system. There is a side-note from a writer in a local photography magazine a few months ago, who claimed to have "insider knowledge", that Leica is going to make R lenses for other camera mounts. I hope it wouldn't just be wild guesses. BTW, the Nikon 45mm f/2.8P chrome lens is already available thru an authorized dealer in Hong Kong. It is not unlike the Contax Zeiss T* 45/2.8 in shape, except the colour. It is cheap too: retail price about US$275. I have tried this lens and it is sharp with good contrast and vivid colour rendition. It comes with a matching chrome-coloured filter (!), plastic hood and cap. Horace Lau Hong Kong