Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Hoppy, > > It sounds like you have more then a passing interest in this new > series. I have no doubt these will be very good performing lenses. I > think Leica had to come up with a new series of less expensive glass > if they wanted to stay in business. The popularity of the new 28mm > Elmarit Asph kinda proved that. What I don't like is the wording in > the news release. It has too much marketing hype without saying > anything. I'm also not impressed with 3x5 jpeg prints meant to > illustrate high quality performance. The nice thing about these > lenses is they are all 6 bit coded. You don't cut your prices in half > without giving up something. What are they giving up? > > Len > > Well using this old Font should bring the price down. Heck they had it in their computer wall it was doing was slowing it down! And Less Red dye Number two in the dot!!! For a GREENER LENS! Will they be cheaper? All we know is which font they used! I like those pre German republic fonts! Like Wilhelm sans serif! FRAKTUR, SUETTERLIN, ETC. http://mki.wisc.edu/Resources/Suetterlin/sutterl.html Mark William Rabiner Harlem, NY rabinergroup.com