Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikkor S RF 135/3.5
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:45:23 +0100

How exact the copy? Did they have access to the original calculations? 
Raimo
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> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikkor S RF 135/3.5
> Date: 08. tammikuuta 1999 18:19
> 
> At 06:05 PM 1999-01-07, "David" inyoung@jps.net wrote:
> > I have used the Nikkor 135/3.5, 85/2 and 105/2.5 rangefinder lenses in
> >Nikon, Contax and Leica mounts with satisfaction.  I tend to believe
that
> >these lenses are modified Zeiss design for the Contax, being as good as
the
> >Zeiss lenses or Leica lenses if not better.  
> 
> The 2/85 and 3.5/135 are direct thefts of Zeiss designs.  They are not
> "better" -- how can an exact copy be "better" than the original?
> 
> Marc
> 
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