Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/15

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Subject: [Leica] New ZM Tessar
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Oct 15 19:09:47 2008
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Have you seen how accurate the framelines on an M are? 90mm and 85  
are, to all intents and purposes, the same.
Frank

On 13 Oct, 2008, at 15:19, Frank Filippone wrote:

> 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
>
>
> We're all getting older :-)
> The street price will be lower; I'd expect around $750 in low VAT  
> zones like
> the USA or Switzerland.
> Didier
>
>
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Didier Ludwig <leica@screengang.com>
> wrote:
>>> 769 euros (incl. 19% German VAT)
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] New ZM Tessar)