Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/23

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Subject: [Leica] Cosina new lenses (was: Opinions on a Kobayashi 28/2.8 lens??)
From: Mikiro Mori <arbos@silva.net>
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 01:40:27 +0200

Tom,
Cosina freaks in Japan told me that new lenses from Cosina would be 50/1.5
and 35/1.7.  They also told me that they would be very happy if the rumors
about 75 or 90 lenses should be true.

Mikiro

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At 8:27 AM +0200 23/5/99, TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote:
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>Now we have a whole buffet of these lenses
>and more to come! Latest rumour from Japan is Voightlander 50/1,5 Nokton and,
>rather than a 85/90 mm APO-Lanthar, a 75/2,4 APO-Lanthar, and if the Cosina
>can keep the optical quality they have shown with the 15/4,5 and the 25/4, I
>am getting in the line for the 50/1,5 and the 75/2,4.
>Tom A