[Leica] OT: Another maybe not so stupid GH1 question

[passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)]

I love the 'red dog' typo and will use it now forever.
Ain't got that red dog how's it gonna herd the sheep?


On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> > When Panasonic is selling a lens called Leica what does that mean? It was
> > designed by Leica? It meets Leica specifications or some other set of
> > standards? It's not just a price thing, with the expensive lenses getting
> > the Leica name: a number of their point-and-shoots feature Leica lenses
> and
> > are not higher priced than their competition in the given category of
> > performance.
> >
>
>
> While most people will say  it was "designed by Leica" what a big time
> expert from Kodak told me who might have really known is that Panasonic
> designed the lens, shows it to Leica and they make a few suggestions. Those
> suggestions are implemented by Panasonic.
> I assume there is something ever so Leica like about the lenses which have
> Leica on the front of them with the correct typeface. I don't hope for
> Leica
> quality for 333 bucks when it normally comes with 3333 a bucks pricetag.
> And there's no red dog how good could they be?
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
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