Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier.... reference is to Carl.. Carl Zeiss...... Yes, I know that precise framing is not that important.. I spoke as a marketing person, not a user. The installed base of Leica users is pretty fussy.. and the whole framing thing has been gone over several times, mostly because of SLRs and the penchant for users to WYSIWYG... go blame Jobs and Wozniack.... Offering even a slight disparity makes buyers think twice.. and thinking twice loses sales..... Offer 90mm. Or both. ( there, I compromised.) Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:47 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] New ZM Tessar Frank This Zeiss lens is certainly aimed to underprice the new Summarits, for shure. But not shure if you mean me with "Carl" (though my second name is "Charles", "Didier" is first, "Ludwig" is last). If you want to know my nickname, it's "Deed" :-) As for the framelines, as Daniel has posted, the Zeiss Ikon RF has 85mm framelines. But I have not had troubles in using 85mm lenses with 90mm framelines, or 40mm lenses with 35mm framelines, or whatever combinations, especially with a crop factor in addition. I'd use a SLR with 100% view if I would like to have an absolutely accurate framing method. Didier >Is this the Summarit Killer? >At that price, I am not giving up my ( 30 year old ?) Tele-Elmarit and run >out to purchase..... But it is getting closer..... >BTW, Carl ( may I call you Carl? We Americans are so informal...)) : The >Leica cameras have frame lines of 28, 35, 50, 75, 90, and 135 mm. There is >no 85mm frame lines. If you are going to introduce a lens to fit a camera, >do it right. Make the FL fit the available viewfinder options. It is a >matter of marketing, not engineering...... You blew it. >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net >>The street price will be lower; I'd expect around $750 in low VAT zones like >>the USA or Switzerland. >>Didier _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information