[Leica] Summarit press release

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

I see no reason a lower price on the new lenses would lead to lower quality. 
 The new 28/2.8 asph is half the price of the lens it replaced and the build 
level and optical quality is very much the top quality of the rest of their 
lenses.  I love mine and I see no lowering of quality and build level at 
all.  I expect the new lenses will be just as good as we have come to expect 
of Leica quality optics.

I find it interesting that everyone complains about the price of Leica's 
lenses and keeps demanding lower pricing, and when they do, everyone starts 
whining about lower quality and Leica not keeping to their old ways.  Even 
before anyone has even had one in their hands.  It seems to me that they are 
doing just what everyone has asked them to do.  So now its our turn to step 
up to the counter...  Maybe I can get my wife to get me the new 90 as a 
retirement gift come January.  ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: -------------- 


> Len the Leica site contains DNGs as well as JPG samples for down load. 
> That's the full 10MP bad boys. Just on first looks here the samples look 
> very 
> smooth. 
> I just think that the series is a very welcome development for rangefinder 
> folks. I think that they (the new Summarits) are intended 
> to demonstrate that Leica is still a premium manual focus prime lens maker 
> and 
> appeal to people for the reason that Leica lenses 
> appeal to people. I think that it is a smart move by the new CEO. 
> Remembering 
> that this is their niche of the market. 
> I guess we shall see what their build quality and performance is like once 
> they 
> start to become available (from November)? It would 
> not be reasonable to expect the same performance nor build quality as the 
> very 
> much more expensive current asph brothers. The new 
> little Elmarit 28 seems to have been well received at its price-point. I 
> hope 
> these do well too. 
> 
> Hoppy 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> 
> ....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 
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