Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/10

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Kyocera & Leica
From: jbuf@ix.netcom.com (John Irvin Buford)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:40:04 -0700
 
You wrote: 
>
>I'm not so pleased by the prospect of adding more Japanese lenses in
>the Leica R line.  The reason is that, in addition to black and white
>photography, I also do color, and I don't much like the warm and
>over-saturated color rendition that seems to appeal so much to the
>Japanese photo industry.

The Japanese built Leica lenses (IMHO) have the same feel and quality  
as do the German and Canadian lenses.  I own the 24mm R and the 16mm R 
lenses, both built by Minolta.  These are great lenses, that are built 
to Leica Standards.

John N3BVH