Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best that can be said is that Leica may have assisted in the design. Leica and Zeiss names have appeared on the same digital lens design in the past so I suspect it is mostly marketing. They send around a Leica/Zeiss chap(ette) who walks through the factory and, bingo, the production of the lens is carefully supervised by... John Collier On Dec 3, 2003, at 11:15 PM, Kit McChesney wrote: > Who says that big fat 28-90mm f/2-2.4 sassy glass on that Digilux-2 > ain't > pure Leica? The lens itself is worth quite a bit, all by its little > lonesome, no? > > Eric Welch wrote: > >> Because that Leica 50mm lens is pure Leica, while this (it would >> appear) is a recycled digital point and shoot that would cost about >> $1,200 less by any other manufacturer? >> >> Jeff S wrote: >> >>> So how come the very same folks who willingly spent as >>> much as $2K for a 50mm lens are grumbling that the >>> Digilux 2 costs $1850 for the complete camera >>> including memory card - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html