[Leica] new 1.5 50 Sonnar

[alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)]

Hi Jeffery,

The new Sonnar is a completely different design from the original. I would 
very much like to see CZ introduce  modern lenses for the C mount: 50/1.4 
Planar, 21/25/28mm  wides and a portrait lens.

By the way, did you get yourself a second E1 yet?

Regards,
Akhil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 03 October, 2007 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] new 1.5 50 Sonnar


> 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?
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