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Subject: [Leica] Less you scoff at R lenses compared to 21st Century M lenses.........
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:31:48 +0200
References: <005e01d2f511$fb020b30$f1062190$@verizon.net> <BF88B597-E060-4E84-A771-111DB06EAC0C@btinternet.com> <D58221F0.873DE%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>
At least two, the superb Vario-Elmar-R 80-200 mm f/4.0
and the Vario-Elmar-R 35-70 mm f/4.0, were also made by
Kyocera (Yashica), a manufacturer that also made some
really outstanding lenses for Contax/Yashica SLR
cameras (particularly the Yashica 21 mm f/3.5 WA and
55 mm f/2.8 Macro lenses)
Douglas
On 05.07.2017 10:57, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> Some Leica R zooms were actually Minolta designs, and the earlier ones
> were actually built by Minolta. That?s back when R-series cameras were
> still based on Minolta designs (R3, R4, R5, R6, R7).
>
In reply to:
Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Less you scoff at R lenses compared to 21st Century M lenses.........)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Less you scoff at R lenses compared to 21st Century M lenses.........)
Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Christopher Crawford) ([Leica] Less you scoff at R lenses compared to 21st Century M lenses.........)