Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks - It was just pointed out to me. It's weird though - They had 2, and I don't see it at B&H. On 10/18/06 1:11 PM, "mehrdad" <msadat@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >