[Leica] Why don't we see more large-aperture wide-angle lenses?

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

More than cheap glass, I thing it is volume that keep prices down. I doubt
whether Canon or Nikon use cheap glass in their top of the line offerings.
(-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly.
>
> If you use cheaper glass like in the canon/nikon ones, you can manufacture
> them at reasonable costs, but that's not how Leica does things.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Frank Filippone wrote:
> >
> > >Nikon and Canon both sell them....at reasonable prices....  They must be
> > >retrofocus lenses to work on an SLR.
> > >
> > >Maybe the problem is ... reasonable prices....
> > >
> >
> > Maybe the problem is not only making them sharp but also making them
> small
> > enough that they don't obstruct the RF.
> >
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >
> >
> >
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