Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dominique: The entire marketing strategy of Leica is a mystery to me. It appears to me that it would cost so little for Leica to develop an enlarger lense of high quality. I must believe there would be as much demand for a fairly priced enlarger lense as there is for a Leica Loupe. If I am crazy enough to pay $3000 for a Leica lense you can bet that I would pay up to $1000 for a high quality enlarger lense. Most Leica nuts that I know place high value on the boxes, as well. I propose that we buy Leica.....do I have a partner? Thanks for the note. Bob << > ######### Further comments : * focotar-2: same results as a rodagon, but without the ergonomy and the luminosity of the latter (f:4.5 against f:2.8). * focotar wa : "plastic" building and same luminosity and ergonomy as the rodagon. Results (my subjective evaluation) : so-so in the edges of the pix in comparison with a rodagon or a focotar-2. Both the lenses are still for sale as spare parts but the Leica prices are now equal to craziness. Why Leica Camera does not build a Focotar-3 "fine art" ? I enumerate the conditions : all metal building, 2.8/50mm apo, same ergonomy as a rodenstock or a schneider, price around 900 USD and a classy box with a red dot (Have you seen the boxes of the focotars ? A marketing disaster). Dominique Pellissier >>