[Leica] Leica/Sigma/minolta/schneider etc cheap japanese lenses. oh. wait. chinese lenses

[Mark Kronquist]

as ddd discovered others Nikon in his case, TT/a and 7/a and lll make fine, affordable, innovative lenses outside wetzlar solms midland 
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> On Mar 18, 2022, at 8:50 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote:
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> 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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