Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B D, amazon, is selling the sigma version in 4/3 mount right now for about 440 or so On 10/18/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad