Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun Oct 3 07:22:20 2004
References: <000801c4a8c9$dfed4be0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com> <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0410031455000.26543@hedvig.uio.no> <321F830E-1541-11D9-A5C1-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

On the web site it gives the impression that all the lenses are Zeiss 
designed but most subcontracted for manufacture. I have the cross 
sections of almost all the CV lenses, they are not the same.
Frank
On 3 Oct, 2004, at 14:36, John Collier wrote:

> Why are they "probably better"? Just because Zeiss put their name on 
> them?! Only two are not just ported Cosina lenses. I am not knocking 
> Cosina lenses, they are good. However, better than the latest Asph 
> formulations (I have used or own 21, 24, 35, 50 and 90) is difficult 
> to imagine.
>
> John Collier
>
> On Oct 3, 2004, at 6:55 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
>> Why bother with the bodies? It's the lenses that caught my attention. 
>> I
>> hope _they_ get sold at a bargain compared to Leica. I doubt it 
>> though.
>> They're probably better.
>
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Replies: Reply from dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
Message from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)