Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Zeiss Hologon 16
From: Dieter Stoll <dstoll@tuebingen.netsurf.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:36:45 +0100

>At 08:26 PM 2/4/98 +0100, Bert Keuken wrote:
>>Did you know that Contax has stopped producing the G-Hologon? If you want
>>to have a converted one (and can afford it) hurry!
>
>What is your source for this?  It is customary for Zeiss (and Leica) to
>manufacture lenses in batches, so that one batch may be made in, say, 1993
>and the next in 1998.  It is rare for a lens to be in production
>continuously for years.
>So, is it possible that what you have heard is that Zeiss has ceased
>production between batches?  Or did you hear that the lens is being dropped
>from their lens line for the G1/G2?

Photo Schaja in Munich (http://www.photoclassics.de) sells Hologon 16
converted for the M bayonet. They advertize them as being "the last 75
available", and they explicitly mention Zeiss having ceased production for
this lens in their ad. In case somebody is interested: the going rate is
DEM 6688 (let's see, today the USD is at 1.82 marks, that's  3,675 dollars
for you :-)

BTW this is a good opportunity to introduce myself. Age 43, male, living in
Germany. I've been listening in for the last couple of weeks, keeping my
mouth shut for the simple reason that I don't have anything to contribute
(yet); I don't even HAVE a Leica (but within the next 2 to 3 months I want
to get one). I still haven't made up my mind whether I should go for a used
M3/M4 or get a brand new M6. Call me superficial, but it's got to be in
chrome. Black just doesn't cut it for me.
All of this recent talk about quality control (or the lack thereof) in
Solms has got me a bit worried, but then there seem to be so many happy
campers out there that maybe the folks reporting problems are indeed the
rare exception to the rule.
Later,
- -- Dieter

Dieter Stoll                  D-72127 Kusterdingen, Germany
dstoll@tuebingen.netsurf.de        Home fax: +49-7071-38321