Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many times, in the old days (and I am not that old) it was FAR easier for a westerner to shoot with a Fed or Zorki, Keiv or Zenit whilst in the Soviet Union?so I did. Film ISO 64 5 kopeks at GUM Cassette cost an extra kopek or two. On occasion develped in coffee, stoped in vitamin C and fixed in water purifier got great negs out of things that maybe should not have been shot?they perform well and so what if someone gave Leica a few million Euros for a Zenit name plate. Better days than when Leica was selling the family jewels and in danger of death (ala Rollei) > On Dec 17, 2019, at 7:58 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > But who was alive when people shot film and stated out buying junk Leica > rip offs because that?s all the money they had? > > I'm sure everyone assumes some bored oligarch worth billions bought a > camera company nobody wanted for fun and offered Leica more money than > even they could afford to refuse for one with the name "Zenit" on it. A > name to make anybody wince. > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 12/17/19, 7:56 PM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of imra at > iol.ie> wrote: > > Having had a Zenit E many moons ago, and thinking when I moved upwards > to a Pentax Spotmatic that the Zenit should really have been named the > Nadir, I wonder for what reasons Leica is tieing itself to such an > unremarkable marque? After all, according to Robert Service's new book > Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin, the > country is quite a busted flush with a declining population riddled > with > alcoholism. As a result, male life expectancy is a decade lower than in > the UK and its economy is about the size of the Netherlands. Mind you, > it seems to be top of the class when it come to mischievous hacking, > and > Kompromat. > > It would be interesting to find what motivated the tie-up considering > Russia has little manufacturing industry and a prominent recent history > of cronyism and kleptocracy. The mind boggles at what might have gone > on > in the background. Even though I have a nice Russian Jupiter-9 85mm F2 > made in 1977, I couldn't see myself buying the Zenit-M for my moral > health. Thanks, but no thanks. > > Douglas > > > > > On 17/12/2019 15:54, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: >> The Zenit-M camera is made by Leica with some simple design cues by Zenit. >> It's essentially a Leica M240 without the 6-bit lens code reader and with >> Zenit software. The only lens profiles that are in the camera are only for >> the three Zenit made lenses: 35/1.0, 50/1.0 and 21/2.8. If you use any >> other >> Leica M-mount lens, the camera will not do automatic corrections. >> >> The only lens listed for sale, and only as a kit with the camera, is the >> 50/1.0. >> >> Notice the wording... MADE BY LEICA........ >> >> No one AFAIK is shipping a 35 F1.0 lens.... >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> I don't doubt that the Russians can make a similar camera >> technologically, whether the lens is as good may be a different >> question. However if they are simply rebadging someone else's lenses it >> might not be bad. >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information