Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:56:29 AM -0400 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Seth Rosner inexplicably - ;-) - wrote: > > ...Unquestionably today Leica > is striving to introduce cameras and lenses that perform better than the > Leica products they replace. > > --------------------- > > Unquestionably? I don't think so. While there seems little questions that > the optical quality of the latest generation of lenses represents a marked > improvement over earlier generations. But while build quality is still > probably the world's best, the build quality of today's Leica lenses > doesn't match up to the build quality of earlier Leica lenses - but what > does match up in today's world? I you want to hear a lengthy diatribe on how the build quality has been cheapened since the M3, just ask Sherry the question sometime :-). But be sure you have some time available, since it *is* quite a rant... - -- Rolfe Tessem Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html