Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Focus Shift
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Thu Jan 13 07:57:17 2005

Greg,

Unfortunately, the Leica 15/2.8 ASPH costs US$6,200!

Joseph


on 13/1/05 11:39 pm, GREG LORENZO at gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca wrote:

>> 
>>> Tom Schofield asked for the price on this lens. The price listed at
>>> www.classicconnection is $3796. Since the lens isn't scheduled for 
>>> release
>>> for another 4-5 months, we'll have to wait to see if this holds & if 
>>> there
>>> are any bargains to be had. Prices listed in Japan for the new Zeiss lens
>>> line have been cheaper than those listed by Classic connection, but I
>>> believe that Classic Connection has listed the official price list from
>>> Hasselblad-USA.
>> 
> 
> What happened to the Zeiss lens prices being "1/3 to 1/2" that of Leica?
> 
> Compared to $3,796, prices for the current Leica 90/2 and 50/1.4 lenses 
> can be
> considered as bargains!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg 
> 
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Zeiss Focus Shift)
In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Zeiss Focus Shift)