Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know a thing about it - except that I, too, can't wait to hear what it's going to cost, and hope that, unlike the 4/3 version of the Sigma 30 1.4, it actually shows up one of these days; the Sigma is still MIA. On 10/18/06 9:50 AM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: > agree with b.d. > > the lens can be made in south-western Kiribati as long as it performs well > and > does not force me to raise my mortgage for buying it. all I can say from > the > german oly forum is that the people there are awaitening this lens with big > enthusiasm, and the name leica got a new meaning for many of them. btw, > cooperating with east-asian companies is leica's only chance to survive. > > b.d., do you happen to know about the price of this lens? > > didier > > >> Good Lord, Frank, you've really gotten to be as predictable as I am. :-) >> And 'frankly my dear,' I don't give a rat's ass whose factory the lens is >> made in - nor should anyone who cares more about the images they produce >> than the brand of camera they use; the only three relevant questions are: >> how good is the image quality? How good is the build quality? And do the >> first two provide a rationale for the cost, whatever that may be? ;-) >> >> >> On 10/17/06 11:15 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> I'll believe it is a real Leica lens when someone tells me he saw it >>> made in >>> the Leica factory... Until then, it is a Japanese >>> Panasonic lens with Leica's name ( and maybe tech design/support) on it. >>> >>> And since it does not fit a real Leica.......... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information