Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Some Info on the New "Voigtlander" Lenses
From: "Claes Bjerner" <claes.bjerner@pi.se>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 23:43:11 +0200

Marc James Small Wrote:
> The short answer is that these guys have as much connexion to Voigtlander
> as the Wells Fargo Bank does to Meredith Wilson.  These are COSINA lenses,
> guys.
>
Glen Robinson answered:
> But they are cheap!
>
Only cheap as far as the price goes! My new 15mm Super-Wide Heliar is an
absolutely excellent lens! I now use it a lot more than my 21mm
Super-Angulon. And itīs easier and more fun to work with than the rather
limited and somehow awkward 16mm Zeiss Hologon I got rid off a year ago.

Claes