Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] New ZM Tessar
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Mon Oct 13 07:50:26 2008
References: <20081013091223.07DEEDA9350@smtp1.nine.ch> <9A17E6388FEC4B3DAD7C9C35E9C76052@dadquad> <a2f8f4470810130518q19a7f47fo2042f62af32132e5@mail.gmail.com> <20081013123604.8E0B5DA8BB7@smtp1.nine.ch> <a2f8f4470810130537r470252cfnb38dc618eb49c3e1@mail.gmail.com> <20081013124258.A9625DA93C8@smtp1.nine.ch> <019501c92d3e$bef0bc80$3cd23580$@net> <a2f8f4470810130733l5c3c68d5p6b7c57db205c77b@mail.gmail.com>

Yup... My Contax 1, 2, 3, 2A, 3A all had them too......

But if you want to sell to the Leica installed base, which is significantly
larger than the new CZ Leica M mount  installed base, you offer 90mm.

Or read it this way.....

If you want to stay in business, offer the lens to the largest installed
base.....and make the Camera to match that installed base.

I guess they blew it twice.. the camera and the lens.....  

Amazes me how people that make these decisions do so AND keep their
jobs......

Carl.. you listening?

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Ridings
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:34 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] New ZM Tessar

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> BTW, Carl  ( may I call you Carl?  We Americans are so informal...)) :
The
> Leica cameras have frame lines of 28, 35, 50, 75, 90, and 135 mm.  There
is
> no  85mm frame lines.  If you are going to introduce a lens to fit a
camera,
> do it right.  Make the FL fit the available viewfinder options.  It is a
> matter of marketing, not engineering......  You blew it.

The Zeiss-Ikon has 85mm framelines.

Daniel

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