Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark...Well, the 15mm lens is almost 5,000 bucks. Must either be a tremendously fabulous piece of glass, or Leica thinks they will sell only a few of them, or both. There really comes a time when the cost of using Leica lenses is prohibitively expensive. I know all about used items, and many times such items are fine. Nevertheless, hard to justify sometimes. Have you used the 12 or 15mm from Voightlander on your M Mark? Wonder how inferior the lens really is at hundreds/thousands less. Elliot - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Where's Joe? > thomas schofield wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > Well if the marketing research indicates that the Schneider name has > been sold to the highest bidder too many times my advice to them would > be to hire a new marketing research firm. > The name "Zeiss" also appears on a slew of plastic point and shoots and > now so does Leica's name appear now on a Panasonic plastic digital grabber. > In all cases no one thinks the names over been devaluated and they are > glad these companies have been able to stay in business. > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html