[Leica] Re:Another ZM lens on the horizon

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I buy their lens cleaning wipes at Sam's Club. They also work well for
hemorrhoids. But this "licensing" of names annoys me. If you buy a
Pentax lens on a Samsung camera, it is a Schneider lens. I don't think
that Schneider had anything to do with that lens. I doubt that Pentax
needs Schneider's advice. Is there still a factory that makes
Schneider lenses?

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Christopher Williams
<leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Zeiss is probably just happy to have survived the Contax closing :)
>
>  They seem to be happy putting Zeiss glass on Minolta/Konica/Sony bodies. 
> And soon FF 24mp Sony bodies.
>
>  
> http://masterchong.com/v2/sony-alpha/pie02008-sony-showcased-sony-alpha-dslr-a900.html
>
>  I've inquired about Zeiss glass for my eyeglasses before and the look is 
> always "you want to spend that much?"
>
>
>  Chris
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Jeffery Smith"
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon
>
>
>  > I'm completely aware that Zeiss is designing them. My point was that
>  > Cosina changed their lens' appearance, from the earlier ones, and
>  > Zeiss is using that newer appearance (first seen when the VC 35/2.5
>  > and 40/1.4 M lenses came out), so now we have Cosina lenses that
>  > identical to Zeiss lenses, at least in appearance. I'm surprised that
>  > Zeiss is "okay" with that, since they *are* Zeiss designed lenses. It
>  > is not the same thing as an Isuzu Rodeo being rebranded as a Honda
>  > SUV...the two are identical except for the names. If Cosina is making
>  > their own lenses with Zeiss advice, then I'm surprised that Cosina is
>  > okay with that. Zeiss is obviously getting a chunk of the profits for
>  > its "advice". I don't care what the "brand" is, to be honest. Most of
>  > my colleagues who aren't shooters have heard of Canon, Nikon, and
>  > Minolta. I walked into a reception at the college with a Contax, and
>  > nobody had ever heard of that.
>
>
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Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA