Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a complete NON answer. And it is wrong, for the most part. A few days ago I outlined which lenses were made in cooperation with Minolta. None of these were prime use lenses. They are all FRINGE lenses. Lets pick two or the most used lenses. A 35/2 Summicron R and a 50/2 Summicron R. Are the new lenses better than those made 20 years ago ? Absolutely not. They are NOT Minolta lenses and have NOT been redesigned. And which, pray tell, Minolta lenses has Leica redesigned??? As far as I know, those lenses from Minolta, for the most part, are still from Minolta. Four R lenses have been re-designed recently. And they were PREVIOUSLY LEICA LENSES not Minolta lenses. The 19, 28, 50/1.4, and 180/2.8 APO . The ONLY Minolta lenses are. 16, 24, 35-70, 70-210, and 500 Mirror. A new 35-70/2.8 APO was announced by Leica at Photokina. This is not a re-design of the Minolta 35-70, which actually is now from Kyocera. Also a different lens. The only Minolta candidate for "actual redesign" would be the 24. Don't hold your breath because the current, old, Minolta, 24/2.8 R lens is a fine performer. Been around since 1974. So... please explain to us what your statement below is referring to??? It makes no sense to me. Jim At 09:45 AM 1/21/99 -0800, Kotsinadelis, Peter wrote: > >No. Newer lenses will be sharper. The Leica folks have bettered the >Miinolta designs in more recent vintages of lenses.