Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] 20d/d70/rd1
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Thu Jun 23 01:04:49 2005
References: <42BA06A8.5070303@gmx.de> <55ddf627ce37ef72a6868ce9f4246195@bellsouth.net> <75D04B50-B150-40C1-9CD8-121F938487D7@charter.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20050622200119.05f28aa0@192.168.100.42> <AD9AA77F-89EA-48A3-BE84-67C4D0218A93@earthlink.net> <9FB6FD6F-B65A-4FC9-A6E2-91330474869C@btinternet.com> <42BA6B6F.6080001@gmx.de>

they can, and it will not be difficult but again this not not their
corporate mission

On 6/23/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >>
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  regards, mehrdad


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