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Subject: [Leica] Nikon mount Zeiss lenses?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Dec 20 09:29:12 2005
References: <226.36a9e96.30d98a82@aol.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20051220174532.0388c5d8@screengang.com>

Just like the "guessing game" they played with the ZI rangefinder and 
lenses, clever ad lads at Zeiss, they've succeeded already - were 
talking about it!!
Douglas


Didier Ludwig wrote:

>>Or this is all a hoax. I don't know.
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>I don't think it's a hoax. There were different pictures on the zeiss 
>webserver that have been replaced in the last hour by this one: 
>http://tinyurl.com/926jp 
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>This means there's really something going on the zeiss server. It the same 
>procedure like with the ZI RF camera and ZM lenses; I guess they do that 
>intentionally to keep the lists and forum gossip going on.
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>One picture showed a 85/1.4 lens called Zeiss Ikon ZF with serial number 
>000000. The look was very, very close to the make of the ZM lenses and that 
>means Cosina might be involved. Another picture showed a classic manual 
>Nikon SLR body. 
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>That's why I'm quite shure these new ZF lenses are in Nikkor F mount, no 
>autofocus, no hypersonic motor, and no Canon.
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>But I can second Mehrdad that manual focus lenses will rather not sell like 
>sliced bread amongst DSLR users.
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In reply to: Message from SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com) ([Leica] Nikon mount Zeiss lenses?)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Nikon mount Zeiss lenses?)