Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Chinese are making some very nice looking electric guitars these days for about 1/10 the price of US counterparts. I'm surprised that they haven't entered the high end RF market (I'm not counting the Phenix as high end). Jeffery On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:05:53 -0800, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > Doesn't seem like it's just a matter of time for Leica to be absorbed > by CV? More in the gesture of a white knight takeover. Then again, when > the Chinese market becomes hungry for quality products, will we see > another wave of Leica gear being sucked out of the States? Would that > give Leica yet another 'life'. > S. Dimitrov > > On Jan 8, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > Actually, I was going to mention that about 3 hours ago, but thought > > it would get things hot around here. I have a 50/2 Sonnar and 50/1.5 > > Sonnar, but haven't used them nearly enough. I have a Contax IIa that > > is in good working order. I need to put it through its paces. What > > impresses me about the new 40/1.4 Nokton is that it is closer in size > > to the 50/1.5 Sonnar (rather than the 50/1.5 Nokton). > > > > Jeffery > > > > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:51:42 -0800, Slobodan Dimitrov > > <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > >> What! You forgot about the 50mm F1.5 Sonnar that started the horse > >> race > >> so many decades ago? > >> S. Dimitrov > >> > >> > >> On Jan 8, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Bill Marshall wrote: > >> > >>> Whoa, Nellie! Before we give anyone the wrong impression here. We're > >>> talking about comparing the Zeiss 35 & 50 to Summicrons - not Elmars. > >>> As well as the 85. The 21 & 24 are as fast as anything Leica makes. > >>> And the 15/2.8 is the fastest of its type on the market. Anyway, > >>> except for the old Sonnars, the Zeiss philosophy has never been too > >>> invoved with the speed race. > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >> Slobodan Dimitrov > >> Photography > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > Photography > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >