Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/04

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Subject: Re: Bokeh (again); Japanese L-mount lenses
From: "shawnl@earthlink.net" <shawnl@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 23:15:06 -0400
 
>And if Sigma made Leica mount lenses (in the SLR world Leica  is R, not L -
>that's Canon) nobody in their right minds would buy them. You don't go to a
>fine restaurant to eat hot dogs. :-)

It's funny that you should say that, because Adorama has done exactly 
that.  They sell 21 and 28mm lenses with accessory finders in the M mount 
for approx. $700 each.  Popular Photography did a test of the two lenses 
and said that they were essentially fair quality no-name Japanese glass.  
They might not be selling out of them, but they must have perceived some 
demand for these lenses if they went to the trouble of putting them on 
sale.