Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of lensquality???

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

I'm loving the 12" Kodak Commercial Ektar 6.3 I have for my new 8x10 - great
in B&W and quite amazing for colour too.

And at the price I got it for, compared to say even a used Nikon or Fuji or
Schneider or R'stock - a deal. Big sucker though!

Now I just need to find a 10" and/or a 14" for a good price...

Tim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of
lensquality???


> At 03:57 PM 9/4/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Marc- NOT to start anything, but how do those Kodak lenses, which are
> >found in a slew of still operation cameras, standup by today's optical
> >standards. Not necessarilly when compared to the latest generation of
> >Leica lenses, but when compared to the average lens in their focal
> >length?
>
> BD
>
> The better Kodak lenses are still really competitive, and a lot of them
are
> still being used profesionally in LF and MF cameras.  I have a
> Tessar-derived Ektar in my Baby Speed Graphic which I am itching to try
> out, once I find a film back and cut down some film.
>
> For large-format cameras, Goerz, Zeiss, and Kodak still hold the edge for
> inexpensive lenses -- the newer lenses (Rodenstock, JSK, Nikon, and
Pentax)
> ARE better but are also a true Leica-sized kick in the pocketbook.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
>