Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Where's Joe?
From: "thomas schofield" <tdschofield@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:23:11 -0800

Isn't Schneider's name also on Samsung and Rollei P&S cameras?  Maybe Leica 
wants to avoid name association with them, or perhaps Samsung/Rollei have 
rights to the name and don't want to be associated with Leica!

Tom Schofield


>Leica announced it's new Schneider designed SUPER-ELMARIT-R 15mm f/2.8
>ASPH. In an newsletter email and on their website.
>ON their website is a PDF.
>http://www.leica-camera.com/imperia/md/content/pdf/rsystem/15.pdf
>
>and no mention of it being a Schneider JSK lens which is a real selling 
>point.
>
>To me not having it use the normal nomoclature for Schneider desinged
>wide angle lens such as "Super Angulon" was a mild mistake.
>If it did my next M6 would be an R8.
>But there is no mention of Schneider on the website or in the PDF and i
>think that is a BIG mistake.
>
>A big selling point, if you ask me the fact that JSK was involved with it.
>And no clue, the price so far that i could find.
>
>
>
>Mark Rabiner
>Portland, Oregon USA
>http://www.markrabiner.com
>--




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