Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Leica/Sigma
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 08:34:41 +0530
 
Beware!

>From Dan Wells, one of the most balanced commentator on photographic
equipment today, on Luminous Landscape, writing about Kickstarter projects
(where you have cheap Chinese lenses rebranded in German names and sold for
3-4 times the price on the platform) and rebranded lenses in general:


*We?ve even seen this type of rebranding between high-end manufacturers,
although not involving Kickstarter. Leica has rebranded the Sigma ART
24-70mm f2.8, and is selling it for more than twice the price of the Sigma.
Sigma is a high-end lens manufacturer, and that particular lens has an
excellent reputation (I?ve used it extensively and spoken about it here ?
the reputation is deserved). Sigma will happily sell you that lens in L
mount for $1099. If you want a version that says Leica on it, that one will
be $2795. *

Cheers
Jayanand
Replies: Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Leica/Sigma/minolta/schneider etc)