Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]but manual focus lenses will not do, they need to sell AF with ultrasonic motors like the canon or new nikon lenses. the current nikon DSLR's dont have any split focusing screen and frankly people in that world want automation. I think sigma is more equiped to build these lenses On 12/20/05, SonC@aol.com <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 12/20/2005 10:07:37 A.M. Central Standard Time, > red735i@earthlink.net writes: > Bottom line.... 12/21/05 is supposed to be the announcement date of > something big at Zeiss... > > Or this is all a hoax. I don't know. > > ====================== > I'm not too surprised. Cameraquest has been selling Cosina SLR lenses in > Nikon AIS, Canon FD, Pentax K-A, Pentax 42mm Screw Mount, Minolta MD, > Contax / > Yashica MM, and Olympus OM. Cosina makes some Zeiss M-mount, as well as > the body. It doesn't take too much of a leap to get to rebadged Zeiss SLR > lenses. > > http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm#Voigtlander%2040/2%20Ultron%20Aspher > ical > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/asqo5 > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad