Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doesn't make all that much sense, Doug - After all, virtually every independent lens manufacturer makes numerous lenses in manual and autofocus in Canon and Nikon mounts - Sigma and Tameron come immediately to mind. And you know damn well that Canon and Nikon lose far more sales when there are cheaper lenses being offered than they will lose at the high end. After all, while some people think that Leica glass blows away all else, there are other professional photographers who either can't see the difference between top Nikon, Canon, and Leica glass, or don't think whatever difference there is is worth the money.;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:21 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Interview on Zeiss Ikon "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > I wonder if it even crossed their minds to work with Nikon and/or > Canon to offer autofocus Leica lenses for the EOS and F Nikon lines. According to the late Sal DiMarco, not only did Leica think of this, they approached both Nikon and Canon and were rejected by both. It makes sense... why would Canon or Nikon want competition for their high-end (and high-profit) lenses? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information