Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He must have known that he would be under Leica's rubric when he gave huge praise to the 50/3.5 Heliar (another lens that I bought based on his praise, and I wasn't disappointed). I think that, no matter who he's working for, he's an honest guy. Since the time of that Heliar review, he received a 50/2.5 from Cosina that was so bad, he returned it thinking it must be defective. He seems incredibly above board to me. If Leica wanted a "yes man", they could have hired the likes of me to applaud their products at a much cheaper price. JLS At 08:06 PM 9/26/2002 -0400, you wrote: >The hardest thing for me about Erwin publishing now under Leica's rubric >is that it >will now be very difficult for me to take seriously his tests of lenses by >other >manufacturers -- the Cosina, Konica and etc. marques that have been >issuing lenses >for Leica-type cameras for the past few years. He's always been somewhat >negative >about those brands, but I always appreciated the Puts method applied to >them anyway. >Now being on Solms' pay list (even if sporadically) means that he really >can no >longer be relied on as a tester of competing brands. > >Emanuel Lowi >Montreal >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html