Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beware of what? M Rokkors the 90 made in Germany? Leica has been filling the li e for almost fifty years with products it made no sense to make yet which users demanded. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 18, 2022, at 8:05 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > ?Beware! > > From Dan Wells, one of the most balanced commentator on photographic > equipment today, on Luminous Landscape, writing about Kickstarter projects > (where you have cheap Chinese lenses rebranded in German names and sold for > 3-4 times the price on the platform) and rebranded lenses in general: > > > *We?ve even seen this type of rebranding between high-end manufacturers, > although not involving Kickstarter. Leica has rebranded the Sigma ART > 24-70mm f2.8, and is selling it for more than twice the price of the Sigma. > Sigma is a high-end lens manufacturer, and that particular lens has an > excellent reputation (I?ve used it extensively and spoken about it here ? > the reputation is deserved). Sigma will happily sell you that lens in L > mount for $1099. If you want a version that says Leica on it, that one will > be $2795. * > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information