Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use Kyocera ceramic knifes every day and plan to get more I'm into ceramics. On 12/10/15 4:07 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > I was once employeed by a large factory, nad the chief photographer > required > that we all use the company's RB67's. HAND HELD! the glass was in no way > Zeiss. Later when I went out on my own, I jumped into > blad gear with both feet. Still got it,can't bring myself to sell it, even > though I'm mainly out of film. They are worth the money in every way. > > And when I had my brief flirtation with Contax g cameras, I used their > zeiss > lenses, manufactured by Kyocera under strict Zeiss supervision. I still > miss > those lenses, especially the 28. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Rabiner > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 11:49 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 APO Summicron on sale.... Overstock.com > > This is a culture which embraces safe mediocre bourgeois values and is put > off by anything which results in excellence. And feels super threatened by > a > premium product to the extent that have have to come up with lame put downs > on it. > In the 90's if you wanted to get a premium product and do really quality > commercial work you could get Zeiss for Hasselblad lenses which cost a > decimal point over it competition which came on the scene late: Bronica, > Mamiya, Pentax and people would say the quality of the Hassy glass made for > negs which were "difficult to print". Which is blithering nonsense as we'd > been making perfect images from Hassy Zeiss glass for decades which defined > the decade in the commercial world.. And not that different from Leica in > 35mm price wise and BS wise. > People who are not in the mindset to invest in a premium product say > "you'll > never see the difference anyway" but then don't stop there they go on to > say > "getting quality that good presets problems". > But then they're not trying to fool anybody they're just trying to change > the subject. -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/