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

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To: "Eric Welch" <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Subject: Re: continuing emotion
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 96 22:08:26 -0700
Cc: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

>>Zeiss, at any rate, is probably too arrogant to really concern itself with
>>the foibles of others -- they seem to feel that, if they didn't develop it,
>>it really didn't need to be developed.
>
>Boy, that's my impression too. I like their lenses sharpness, but not their
>look.

With this I have to disagree. I've always liked the look of Leica 
lenses, but Zeiss lenses have also appealed to me through the five 
Rolleis, one Contax and one Hasselblad I've owned over the years.

They are different, and different again from Nikon optics etc, 
but each has its merits in use.

Godfrey