Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M camera parts now a long rant.
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:45:46 -0400
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Jeees, Marc- I think we totally agree on this but we keep 'arguing about
it.' I simply didn't want to overstate - misstate - Erwin's opinion. I
think the Cosina lenses are excellent, and wanted to suggest that he,
too, thought they were quite good. And you are absolutely right about
most of us being unable to tell the differences.

B. D.

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 12:18 PM 10/20/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Hi, Marc - I may be misreading - or miswriting! - something, but I think
> >that my point was that they are, in fact, excellent lenses, and are
> >rated as such by Erwin. (Certainly their build-quality isn't up to Leica
> >standards, but what does one expect for the price?)
> 
> BD
> 
> You had stated that Erwin found these Cosina lenses as good as '60's Leica
> lenses.  If the truth be told, he found them competitive for the most part
> with current Leica offerings, with a few caveats which, for most of us,
> would be of little direct bearing.
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
> 
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In reply to: Message from Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> (Re: [Leica] M camera parts)
Message from "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> (Re: [Leica] M camera parts now a long rant.)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] M camera parts now a long rant.)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] M camera parts now a long rant.)