Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why not? The , in former years , much maligned Cosina gets VERY close to Leica M lens quality, at a fraction of the price. I'm sure big operators like Canon could too - agreed, not as cheap as some of their stuff is at present. What Canon needs is a series of lenses to match the quality of their DSLRs, so why not a hybrid using Leica glass? Of course at a price similar to their L series lenses. As to Sony, who knows what their planned Konica-Minolta-Sony DSLRs will be like? Douglas mehrdad wrote: >feli, the canon 50 1.4 is 400usd and the leica 50 1.4 is 3k, do you >think for 2~3k canon can not make a good 50mm lens that is even better >the the leica? you need to look @ the price point when you compare >lenses today, putting out a good design or using good optics is >something that canon can do but the marketing stratagy,the people they >sell to decitates other price points. canon took over the digital >world, the pro world, > >.. my point in all of this is trying to find why would canon buy >leica? leica patents are old and not worth much in the digital world >and unless sony is doing something that is scaring canon, i see no >reason for the purchase > > >On 1/1/06, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >>On Dec 31, 2005, at 7:13 PM, mehrdad wrote: >> >> >> >>>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!! >>> >>> >>Uhhhh, -no. Canon makes a few very good lenses, but as a whole their >>entire >>range can't hold a candle to what Leica makes, especially from 50mm >>on down. >>Once you've held one of their plastic wonders, you'll come running >>back to Leica, >>just for the assembly quality. My Canon 1.4/50 feels like something >>you get out of >>a Craker Jack box. >> >>The 1v is one hell of a camera, and overall better than the R9, but >>they don't >>even make a rangefinder at the moment. >> >> >>feli >> >>________________________________________________________ >>feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >>www.elanphotos.com >> >> >>NO ARCHIVE >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > >-- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >