Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] Why don't we see more large-aperture wide-angle lenses?
From: liangjiyang at gmail.com (Kay Yang)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:11:10 -0700
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Exactly.

If you use cheaper glass like in the canon/nikon ones, you can manufacture
them at reasonable costs, but that's not how Leica does things.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> Frank Filippone wrote:
>
> >Nikon and Canon both sell them....at reasonable prices....  They must be
> >retrofocus lenses to work on an SLR.
> >
> >Maybe the problem is ... reasonable prices....
> >
>
> Maybe the problem is not only making them sharp but also making them small
> enough that they don't obstruct the RF.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Why don't we see more large-aperture wide-angle lenses?)
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