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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Where's Joe?
From: "Dr. Elliot Puritz" <drpuritz@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:50:03 -0500
References: <F19sEgJXOxJagXTi8M100009cf3@hotmail.com> <3C23A890.2C45709D@markrabiner.com>

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
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