Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/05

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Subject: Re: Bokeh (again); Japanese L-mount lenses
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 10:58:06 -0500

At 03:36 AM 9/5/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Now I may trly be out of my mind but if an aftermarket company were to
offer a truly 
>great performing 75 2.0, that was smaller, lighter and less expensive than
the 
>non-existent Leica equivalent, I really might buy it. No, I probably would
buy it.
>
>Maybe not Sigma, but Konica, Ricoh, Nikon or Olympus? Even Tokina; No
problem.

Why? How much cheaper could it be? And think about the price of a good used
90 Summicron and what performance difference there would be. Not in my
lifetime would I buy "generic" Leica mount lenses.

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR

Artist seeks Boss with vision impairment.