Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That, and the fact that a.) PJs in Korea discovered that they were cheaper than dirt, and b.) the later Nikon rangefinder bodies were really terrific, advanced, machines..... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Martin > Howard > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:10 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm > f/5.6Aspherical] > > > B. D. Colen jotted down the following: > > > It seems to me that some of the Canon and Nikon lenses of > > that period, particularly towards the end of that period, were > certainly as > > good as, if not better than, a lot of the Leica lenses of the same > > period > > Which, I assume, is a contributing factor to why Nikon became so popular > with photojournalists around that era. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | "Why don't they make gravestones > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | cheerier?" > email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- Nigel Tufnel > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > > >