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Subject: [Leica] Re:Another ZM lens on the horizon
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Mar 24 14:03:20 2008
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On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> I buy their lens cleaning wipes at Sam's Club. They also work well for
> hemorrhoids.

they come with precise instructions , no doubt...


"When you use these wipes for both purposes, we recomended cleaning  
your lens first".



Steve

> But this "licensing" of names annoys me. If you buy a
> Pentax lens on a Samsung camera, it is a Schneider lens. I don't think
> that Schneider had anything to do with that lens. I doubt that Pentax
> needs Schneider's advice. Is there still a factory that makes
> Schneider lenses?
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Christopher Williams
> <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> Zeiss is probably just happy to have survived the Contax closing :)
>>
>> They seem to be happy putting Zeiss glass on Minolta/Konica/Sony  
>> bodies. And soon FF 24mp Sony bodies.
>>
>> http://masterchong.com/v2/sony-alpha/pie02008-sony-showcased-sony-alpha-dslr-a900.html
>>
>> I've inquired about Zeiss glass for my eyeglasses before and the  
>> look is always "you want to spend that much?"
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeffery Smith"
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon
>>
>>
>>> I'm completely aware that Zeiss is designing them. My point was that
>>> Cosina changed their lens' appearance, from the earlier ones, and
>>> Zeiss is using that newer appearance (first seen when the VC 35/2.5
>>> and 40/1.4 M lenses came out), so now we have Cosina lenses that
>>> identical to Zeiss lenses, at least in appearance. I'm surprised  
>>> that
>>> Zeiss is "okay" with that, since they *are* Zeiss designed lenses.  
>>> It
>>> is not the same thing as an Isuzu Rodeo being rebranded as a Honda
>>> SUV...the two are identical except for the names. If Cosina is  
>>> making
>>> their own lenses with Zeiss advice, then I'm surprised that Cosina  
>>> is
>>> okay with that. Zeiss is obviously getting a chunk of the profits  
>>> for
>>> its "advice". I don't care what the "brand" is, to be honest. Most  
>>> of
>>> my colleagues who aren't shooters have heard of Canon, Nikon, and
>>> Minolta. I walked into a reception at the college with a Contax, and
>>> nobody had ever heard of that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Jeffery L. Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>
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best,
Steve

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