Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good Lord, Frank, you've really gotten to be as predictable as I am. :-) And 'frankly my dear,' I don't give a rat's ass whose factory the lens is made in - nor should anyone who cares more about the images they produce than the brand of camera they use; the only three relevant questions are: how good is the image quality? How good is the build quality? And do the first two provide a rationale for the cost, whatever that may be? ;-) On 10/17/06 11:15 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > I'll believe it is a real Leica lens when someone tells me he saw it made > in > the Leica factory... Until then, it is a Japanese > Panasonic lens with Leica's name ( and maybe tech design/support) on it. > > And since it does not fit a real Leica.......... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > Subject: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!! > > http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/single.html > > only for the 4/3 system though. Interestingly, its lens construction seems > to be different from 35/1.4ASPH, 50/1.4ASPH and 75/2ASPH. It has more lens > elements than any of those 3. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information