Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:00 PM -0500 04.12.22, B. D. Colen wrote: >I am aware of that, Feli - I am also aware, as are you, that they can >put any label they want on something, yet it can be radically changed >from the original design. I may well be completely wrong - but I >seriously doubt that given the major push Zeiss is making, they're going >to put out a 50 1.4 that isn't the equal of the latest Leica M lens. But >as I said, I may be very wrong. You're very wrong. :-) If you had taken the step of researching things, you would have found out that Zeiss isn't planning on any fast 50s for the moment. Their only announced 50 is a 50/2 Planar. http://www.zeissikon.com/lens.50.htm If you're going to be a thorn in people's sides, it behooves you to be an informed thorn. :-) Karen ps. Please note smileys! :-) -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/