Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Huh? Who told you they make better lenses than Leitz? L lenses are inferior to Leitz lenses (and Zeiss lenses) both optically and mechanically. They may occasionally make a lens that MTFs better, but they pay for it in other ways. They still can't compete in the extreme WA area and my old 1966 90 Elmarit R makes better pics than any L zoom! Even the Japanese made Leica zooms are easily as good as L zooms. As for L primes, you pay for speed not image quality. Sorry but L glass represents a triumph of astute marketing, not quality or design. Javier OK so maybe I would like to see what an IS Elmarit might be like. But not like this! >canon does not need leica for anything and i mean nothing. they make >better camera and lenses than leica already and financially there is >nothing leica puts on the table for canon. if this is true, leica >shareholders lucked out. they got some money!! > >making a good lens these days has to do with the good design which >canon is very capable and use of good glass which is a matter of >economics and the price range for the lens. so what does leica put on >the table for canon which it does not have now; a name, film cameras, >manual focus lenses, oh the DMR......