Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank F. Farmer writes in part: > The Zeiss lenses are now listed for sale at the B&H site. For a > while only the body was listed. Anyway, for the most part, > pricing seems to be as speculated at around 2/3 the Leica > counterpart's price. However, the 15mm is almost $4K and the 85mm > is almost $3K. > Interestingly Frank, both of the more expensive (Leica priced) lenses are made in Germany by Zeiss. IMO this reflects the higher wages paid to skilled German workers - a fact of life for Leica as well. Regards, Greg