Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:15 PM 2/3/98 +1000, Duncan Young wrote: >There was resistance from Carl Zeiss to embrace autofocus technology >because it was felt that the lenses would have to be made from >lighter materials such as plastic. No, the resistance to AF by both Leica and Zeiss/Kyocera is a matter of accuracy -- neither company feels that AF yet is capable of matching the quality of their lenses and, hence, feel that adopting AF would, in effect, hobble their outstanding optics. In addition, current AF technology requires that lenses be made to have more focusing "give" than either company is willing to accept. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!