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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
From: dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Oct 3 07:34:33 2004

Frank,
Where are the cross sections posted?

Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Frank Dernie
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:22 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon

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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