Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad