Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]R-Nuts: How are we to reconcile these seemingly contradictory statements from the recent Leica chat: - ------ 16:40:26 LeicaCameraAG: Discontinuing of Vario Elmarit 2,8/35-70 -Mechanically, the lens was a unique and extremely demanding design. Even after two years of intensive efforts,it proved to be impossible to simplify the production process for a serial production.As a result,the delivery of already ordered lenses would have taken several years without being able to tell dealers and customers an exact delivery date.This situation was not acceptable for (and accepted by)our customers or for us.That ’s why we had to make a clear decision. 16:57:56 LeicaCameraAG: 28-90mm zoom lens: It would indeed be a very interesting focal length range and could be realized in a Leica quality. - ------ I can only imagine they mean a >f2.8 max. aperature for the 28-90. It's a shame there cannot be a way to produce a usable f2.8 28-70 R lens as other manufacturers seem to manage. I assume the 70-180/2.8 vario-R is still in production; I wonder how this differs from the 35-70 in terms of production processes. In any event, Leica has done a nice job summarizing the chat and I really look forward to the next one. Dan