Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excerpt from that website: "The news marks the start of a campaign by Leica to 'put a greater focus on its core competitiveness in optics manufacture', according to a statement on Leica's USA website. It adds: 'The launch of the Leica Summarit-M family of lenses marks the return of important Leica heritage elements. All letter and number engravings are made with the traditional 'Leitz-Norm' font as originally used by Leitz Wetzlar during the 1960s and the red button on the lens mount is now true to the original colour used on Leitz lenses produced since the introduction of the M-mount through the 1960s." Hey, they discovered marketing at Leica! Before you know it they start producing their glass in any mount you ask for... Philippe Op 9-aug-07, om 09:35 heeft Mark Rabiner het volgende geschreven: > Summarit-M lenses revealed > In context > > http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/ > Leica_UK_confirms_SummaritM_lens_p > rices_news_135230.html > > A picture of the family of Summarits gathered around big daddy > Leica M8. > Mama 90 and three kids 75, 50 and 35 2.5's I think that's it. > > Click on it and you get Austen Powers smarter brother scratching > the word > Summarit onto a lens with genuine 60's writing. > > Peace Love Woodstock. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > Harlem, NY > > rabinergroup.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >