Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You could be right But doesn't that assume that Hassleblad is better than Rollei? ;-) The metering system in my 6008s is the best I've ever used. I wouldn't trade either one of them for a half dozen Hassleblads. Jim Jeffery Smith wrote: > I assumed it was because Planar (Zeiss) is associated with Hasselblad, and > Schneider is associated with Kodak (Retina) et al. > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, LA > > On Jan 11, 2008 3:58 PM, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > > >>I have a close-to-mint 2.8F 12/24 for which I paid far more than $600 in >>the summer of 2000. Mint or not, I use it several times a year. >> >>I wonder if the 2.8Fs with Planars are more in demand by collectors >>because Rollei used Planars first, adding Xenotars in order to meet the >>demand for more Rolleis, because Zeiss couldn't produce enough Planars. >>The perception might be that the Xenotars were Rollei's second choice. >> >>To my eye, the Xenotar produces images with ever so slightly more robust >>colors than those from the Planar... but my eyes are getting old so I >>could be wrong. >> >>All of my lenses for my Rollei 6008i are Schneider, including the superb >>80mm Xenotar. The only exception is the F-Distagon 30mm by Zeiss, >>because that's all that I could find... at any rate I'm not certain that >>Schneider makes one. >> >>Jim, "but what do I know? I went to art school" Hemenway >> >> > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >