Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Critical test reports by CDI
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 23:27:30 -0500

At 08:42 PM 9/17/98 +0200, you wrote:

>Do you notice a pattern? Althought they admit that the optical and 
>mechanical quality of these three lenses is excellent, their prices at 
>outrageous compared to the competition that can offer lenses as good as 
>these Leica's for much less with the added bonus of autofocus.

How about a pattern of incompetence? There is no way that the competition
can put a lens up against the 180 3.4 Apo Telyt and win, or even match it.
Sure it costs a lot more for the little bit of difference. That was the
wrong lens to use in this comparison on their part.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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