Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Zeiss lens is made by Cosina and in Japan. ?The Leica lens is made in Germany, which most likely accounts for the higher cost. Gene? -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>: -------------- > Maybe it is a change in marketing focus rather than a small sensor > issue..... Focusing the lens into the hands of the M8 users..... > > But still, I would prefer it say that it covers the 24x36 format......( > because no M8 lives with me......) > > Competitively the Zeiss 18 is $1000 or so.... F4 ( as well), and is small ( > I think). This lens is $3K or so..... > Is the Zeiss lens made in Japan by Cosina or is it a German lens? How is > the build quality on the Zeiss? > > I wonder... if the M8 is only a smaller sensor, why introduce lenses for > the > "old" (24x36) market....? > I just have to believe there is a M9 with full 24x36 sensor coming > soon....... or maybe an M10? M11? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > I'm quite convinced it covers 24x36. > > a. Kaufmann said all their lenses would. > > b. It's very large for a lens that only covers the M8 format. > Remember, a lens that covers the same angle of view and has the same > speed and was also designed very recently (the 24/3.8) is a lot > smaller. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information