Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] new 1.5 50 Sonnar
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed Oct 3 07:17:20 2007
References: <000001c805b0$669912f0$6401a8c0@asus930> <00de01c805c3$c61ab5e0$6601a8c0@xyw>

The 50/1.5 in C mount is already out there in fairly large numbers.
Since the 50/1.5 is the same design as the earlier lens, one can
already pick one up for about 1/4 what Zeiss is charging for their new
lens.

Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA



On 10/3/07, A. Lal <alal@duke.poly.edu> wrote:
> It is strange that Carl Zeiss would release this lens in the Nikon S mount,
> but not their own Contax mount, have they no pride or sense of history? Can
> you imagine Nikon today introducing a 35/1.8 or a 105/2.5 RF Nikkor in the 
> M
> mount only?
--

Replies: Reply from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] new 1.5 50 Sonnar)
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