[Leica] Leica does not deem the M a professional system? First APO 280s Black

[Douglas Sharp]

How about this - a CW-Sonderoptic video lens on a Leica SL

http://cw-sonderoptic.com/summilux-c/

All of them black with big red dots

Douglas


On 19.09.2016 18:17, Mark Kronquist wrote:
>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 9:10 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> I saw it too. Large red Leica badge on the hood, I thought.
>>
>>     On Monday, 19 September 2016, 15:42, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Maybe just a Nikon with a red badge ;-) The APO Telyt Modular lens units are all beige...
>>
>> john
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> John,
>> It was black, with a red badge and white writing, but having looked at links for the 280/2.8 I got the impression that the one I saw at the GP had its badge further away from the camera up the barrel.
>>
>> I now feel guilty for not taking a screenshot, as I appear to be an unreliable witness - shades of Twelve Angry Men...
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>> Only large Leica lenses I know of with a big badge are the 280/2.8 Apo and
>>> the APO Modular range - was it black or beige?
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> Incidentally, I saw a large Leica badge on a large lens sticking out of a
>>> cluster of photographers at the start of the Singapore grand prix
>>> yesterday.
>>> I found it hard to believe, and wound the segment back, but the camera
>>> wasn't visible. I meant to take a screen shot of it later and post it here
>>> with a query, but life intervened....
>>>
>>> I presume it was on an M.
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>> "The Business Unit Professional bundles marketing and sales activities in
>>>> the B2B sector. This applies to the Leica S medium format system, the
>>>> mirrorless Leica SL-System and the entire product portfolio of the Leica
>>>> Camera AG subsidiary Sinar Photography."
>>>>
>>>> http://en.leica-camera.com/Company/Press-Centre/Press-Releases/Press-Releases-2016/Press-Release-Leica-intensifies-its-focus-on-the-professional-segment-with-a-new-business-unit-and-an-extensive-range-of-services
>>>>
>>>> john
>>>>
>>
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