Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --=====================_517123584==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" A couple of years ago I was in the market for a 60mm Hasselblad lens. I read an article in Shudderbug, by Bob Shell, that stated "the new 60CB Zeiss Hasselblad lenses are NOT T* lenses." So based on that I bought a used 60CF T* lens. Everyone knows that the T* coating is Zeiss' coating claim to fame. While in the camera store at a later date, there were 60CB, 80CB, and 160CB lenses on display. I asked to see them. Stamped, in RED, on the lens barrel, in the same location it is on all other Hasselblad lenses, was T* . So I Emailed Bob Shell and he re-iterated that the CB lenses were not T*, and I repeated that the literature states differently and the lenses themselves have T* stamped on them. He then said that he had talked to the Zeiss optics experts and they said that even though the lenses and literature say T*, it's really not T*. So based upon that conversation, I came to the conclusion that Bob indeed knows a lot of industry people, but cannot ever admit that he could possibly be wrong. I personally do not believe that Zeiss, Hasselblad, and world wide Zeiss/Hasselblad literature could get away with false advertising. So I agree that Bob Shell is a nice guy, has lots of industry contacts, has a large photo knowledge bank, but is somewhat pretentious. Jim - --=====================_517123584==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> A couple of years ago I was in the market for a 60mm Hasselblad lens. I read an article in Shudderbug, by Bob Shell, that stated "the new 60CB Zeiss Hasselblad lenses are NOT T* lenses." So based on that I bought a used 60CF T* lens. Everyone knows that the T* coating is Zeiss' coating claim to fame.<br> <br> While in the camera store at a later date, there were 60CB, 80CB, and 160CB lenses on display. I asked to see them. Stamped, in RED, on the lens barrel, in the same location it is on all other Hasselblad lenses, was <font color="#FF0000">T*</font> .<br> <br> So I Emailed Bob Shell and he re-iterated that the CB lenses were not T*, and I repeated that the literature states differently and the lenses themselves have T* stamped on them.<br> <br> He then said that he had talked to the Zeiss optics experts and they said that even though the lenses and literature say T*, it's really not T*.<br> <br> So based upon that conversation, I came to the conclusion that Bob indeed knows a lot of industry people, but cannot ever admit that he could possibly be wrong. I personally do not believe that Zeiss, Hasselblad, and world wide Zeiss/Hasselblad literature could get away with false advertising.<br> <br> So I agree that Bob Shell is a nice guy, has lots of industry contacts, has a large photo knowledge bank, but is somewhat pretentious.<br> <br> Jim</html> - --=====================_517123584==_.ALT--