Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] 75 'cron
From: summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer)
Date: Sun Feb 6 21:45:44 2005

Notwithstanding my latest response regarding the fact the some folks would 
like  smaller 75, BD 
makes a good point, in general.  However, either way, we still have to face 
the fact the Leica has 
customers unlike those of other companies - customers that will sink a great 
deal of cash into a Leica 
lens that is smaller than the 75 'lux - regardless of quality - just because 
it says "Leica."  

Frank

PS, remember that we're talking about a group of folks that will pay > 
$2,400.00 for a standard lens 
(don't get me wrong, if I had the means I'd be in line too!)

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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: 2005/02/05 Sat AM 11:12:56 CST
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: RE: [Leica] 75 'cron

Introducing a '75 chron at this point in the devolution of Leica and
film is about as stupid a move as Leica could possibly make. The company
already offers a 75 that is, unquestionably, one of the best lenses in
the entire M line - the 75 Summilux. Yes, it is big for an M lens, but
it produces absolutely stunning image quality, whether wide open or
stopped down. The only thing against it - and I sold mine because of
this - is that 75 is a neither/nor focal length; it's too long to be a
50 and not long enough to be a 90 - which is to say, a short tele.

Cosina makes an excellent, tiny, 75 2.5 for those who want a pocketable
75 for some reason. For Leica to start screwing around at this point in
time with a 75 Summicron shows how out of touch with current reality the
company really is. If they want to introduce lenses, they should be
introducing a new superwide for the R, to give the people who buy the R
digital back - if and when it appears - a good wide despite the digital
multiplication factor. IMHO. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
John Collier
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 11:08 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] 75 'cron


It is going to be about the size of the 50 Summilux which is 
considerably lighter and smaller than the 90/2AA.

John Collier

On 5-Feb-05, at 8:34 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> It is the same size as a 90 ( or really close), no points......  FL is

> different, a positive statement.

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