Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]agree with b.d. the lens can be made in south-western Kiribati as long as it performs well and does not force me to raise my mortgage for buying it. all I can say from the german oly forum is that the people there are awaitening this lens with big enthusiasm, and the name leica got a new meaning for many of them. btw, cooperating with east-asian companies is leica's only chance to survive. b.d., do you happen to know about the price of this lens? didier >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..........