Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:11 PM 05-10-97 -0400, you wrote: >>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. > > >The only thing I can see that might make sense is if someone made a lens >that Leica doesn't offer. Now that Leica has filled about the only "hole" >in the M lens line with the 24mm, it would have to be something wider >than 21mm. Longer than 135 wouldn't make a lot of sense. > >It seems especially strange to me that someone felt there was a need for >an alternative to the 35mm Summicron, for instance. > >- Paul I think the original post referred to the desire to have an alternative to the very high priced 75mm lens. Dan C.