Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If Leica could produce lenses with some way of emulating the aperture for Canon or Nikon this would be good enough for me. Douglas Frank Dernie wrote: > Whilst I would welcome Leica lenses in other mounts I don't think > autofocus lenses are possible to the same precision tha Leica uses - > whether this is necessary may be debated - but the electronic diaphragm > design and implementation would be very expensive considering the small > quantity to amortise the investment. > I read that Canon sells more than 100,000 EOS 350 digitals per month. > That means in 3 months they sell more than Leica made of the M3, their > best selling camera on record. No wonder they can do them so cheap! > Frank > > On 23 Jun, 2005, at 04:10, feli wrote: > >> >> On Jun 22, 2005, at 8:03 PM, Richard wrote: >> >> >>> If Leica is smart, they would buy up the stock of R-EOS lens adapter >>> and sell them at $50 a pop when you purchase a new R-lens. That may >>> by itself save Leica for the time being... >>> >> >> Does anyone know if Sigma had to pay a licensing fee to Canon in >> order to make lenses for their mount? >> Same for Tameron. We've probably been over this before, but what >> exactly is stopping Leica from >> making lenses for Nikon or Canon? >> >> >> feli >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >> www.elanphotos.com >> >> >> no archive >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >