[Leica] Cosina/Voigtlander 18mm f:4 ?

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Gee, Frank - I've never had an adapter stick. And I've also never seen
anyone be quite so dismissive of the dozens and dozens and probably
hundreds of screwmount users on this list. ;-) If it's so important to
you that you get M mounts, why don't you buy Leica ASPH lenses, instead
of Cosina lenses. Then you won't have to deal with those pesky adapters.
;-)

Merry Christmas!

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Frank Filippone
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:17 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlander 18mm f:4 ?


Because, BD, the M-only community does not need to deal with the
problems of finding an adapter ( which could be 50 years old itself) ,
making sure it does not stick to the body ( at which point your other
lenses are useless until you find the rear lens cap that allows you to
take the damned thing off the body) and deal with the problems of doing
this once for each and every lens you have.... It is annoying and to be
honest, not consumer friendly.

I don't give a hoot about the zillions of users that are using 50+ year
old
technology.   Most of those cameras ( Fed and others) were and are
toast.
Sure, some of them probably are working, but a lot more were not at the
caliber of Leica, and are most likely useless, or not used at all  (
swapped
in for a digital thingie?).   I want something that fits MY cameras.
And
since I control my spending habits, I will not buy anything from CV that
does not have a M mount, except in those cases where there is no choice.
The 15 and 12 are the only 2 lenses that fall into this camp.  I own the
15.

If Mr. Kobiyashi wants to appeal to the Japanese market, so be it.  He
can offer the lens with a locktited M mount on the rear or he can have
the M mount be one with the lens.  But a removable adapter is not
acceptable to me.  But he is making a mistake in not taking into
consideration the rest of the world that does not want a LTM lens with
an adapter.  He can charge for it, and sell it to those of us that want
only an M mount lens.

He should offer both.  Simple solution.  Order the one that fits your
needs. Marketing 1 ( not even a graduate level course!)

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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