Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know why we have look at the CV connection. Just look at all the consumer point and shoots, both film and digital, that have Zeiss and Schneider glass. They haven't it had so good. I bet it surpasses, in profits, all their g-jobs combined. These 'new' cameras are no more than vanity lines. I wonder if their share holders will see this as a squandering of their profits. S. Dimitrov > From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 16:11:21 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon > > Don, > the cross sections of the CV lenses were sent to me. The Zeiss ones I > downloaded as pdf files from the Zeiss-Ikon site somebody posted on > this list. The pdf files contain lots of detail, including MTFs of the > lenses ready for production. Sorry I did not keep the URL after > downloading. > Frank > > On 3 Oct, 2004, at 15:34, Don Dory wrote: > >> Frank, >> Where are the cross sections posted? >> >> Don >> dorysrus@mindspring.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of Frank Dernie >> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:22 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon >> >> On the web site it gives the impression that all the lenses are Zeiss >> designed but most subcontracted for manufacture. I have the cross >> sections of almost all the CV lenses, they are not the same. >> Frank >> On 3 Oct, 2004, at 14:36, John Collier wrote: >> >>> Why are they "probably better"? Just because Zeiss put their name on >>> them?! Only two are not just ported Cosina lenses. I am not knocking >>> Cosina lenses, they are good. However, better than the latest Asph >>> formulations (I have used or own 21, 24, 35, 50 and 90) is difficult >>> to imagine. >>> >>> John Collier >>> >>> On Oct 3, 2004, at 6:55 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>> >>>> Why bother with the bodies? It's the lenses that caught my attention. >> >>>> I >>>> hope _they_ get sold at a bargain compared to Leica. I doubt it >>>> though. >>>> They're probably better. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information