Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] FS Black Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Distagon ZF
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:32:45 -0500
References: <C837EBF3.33068%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <C837F0BE.636E8%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20100611191149.16063d3b@linux-0ifi.site>

I'm real happy with the lens on my iPhone.  It is what it is.

Leo Wesson
photographer?videographer
leo at leowesson.com
817?733?9157

On Jun 11, 2010, at 18:11, Philip Forrest  
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Here we go again...
>
>
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:55:10 -0400
> Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>
>>> The ZF line of Zeiss lenses for Nikon SLRs is also made by Cosina.
>>> They also make them for Canon EOS. I think that a couple of the SLR
>>> lenses are actually made in Germany, just like a couple of the
>>> Zeiss M-Mount lenses, but most of them are made by Cosina just like
>>> most of the M-Mount Zeiss lenses are.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Chris Crawford
>>
>>
>> Very much the issue and one which we all have long known here on the
>> LUG but more so the issue for me is not which exact factory a lens is
>> made in in which part of the world but PRICE POINT.
>> A lens costing hundreds is not a lens costing thousands.
>> Dollars that is.
>> Glass type choices.
>> Tolerances.
>> Quality control.
>>
>> [Rabs]
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] FS Black Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Distagon ZF)
In reply to: Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] FS Black Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Distagon ZF)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] FS Black Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Distagon ZF)
Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest) ([Leica] FS Black Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Distagon ZF)