Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Marc - Marc James Small wrote: > > At 03:57 PM 9/4/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Marc- NOT to start anything, but how do those Kodak lenses, which are > >found in a slew of still operation cameras, standup by today's optical > >standards. Not necessarilly when compared to the latest generation of > >Leica lenses, but when compared to the average lens in their focal > >length? > > BD > > The better Kodak lenses are still really competitive, and a lot of them are > still being used profesionally in LF and MF cameras. I have a > Tessar-derived Ektar in my Baby Speed Graphic which I am itching to try > out, once I find a film back and cut down some film. > > For large-format cameras, Goerz, Zeiss, and Kodak still hold the edge for > inexpensive lenses -- the newer lenses (Rodenstock, JSK, Nikon, and Pentax) > ARE better but are also a true Leica-sized kick in the pocketbook. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!