Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The ZM 85/2 is discontinued, and is no longer listed here: http://lenses.zeiss.com/photo/en_DE/products/ikon/distagont2815zm.html I think the high price resulted in poor sales. It would be interesting to see how many they made. Marty On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > There are a couple data points: the two Zeiss ZM lens that are made in > Germany, the ZM 85/2 and the 15/2.8 are both listed at $3500-$4500, a > striking distance within the Leica's. So really I guess you pay for what > you > get - which is tight tolerance, high quality stuff. > > Besides, even the high end Nikon and Canon bodies are priced at > $6000-$7000, > and in theory, most of the R&D there are funded by the lower priced bodies, > not the high end ones. > > FWIW > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >