[Leica] Leica/Sigma/minolta/schneider etc

[Mark Kronquist]

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.  

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> 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
> 
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