Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]as ddd discovered others Nikon in his case, TT/a and 7/a and lll make fine, affordable, innovative lenses outside wetzlar solms midland Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 18, 2022, at 8:50 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote: > > ?Beware of what? M Rokkors the 90 made in Germany? Leica has been filling > the li e for almost fifty years with products it made no sense to make yet > which users demanded. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 18, 2022, at 8:05 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> ?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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information