[Leica] Cosina 75mm

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

Tom:

This is good news. I don't need the lens but I'd sure like to have a 75mm
finder to facilitate using my Summilux on my M2 and M4!


At 08:54 PM 7/7/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Mark, There will be an alternative to the 75/1,4 - Cosina has just announced 
>the arrival of the 75/2,5 Ultra Heliar, priced at about US$ 450 and in the 
>Tokyo shops on September 1 this year (it is amazing how they can state the 
>date and deliver that day, maybe they could teach Solms something about 
>this). The size of the lens is similar to that of a 90/2,8 Tele-Elmar and if 
>the Heliar and Skopar are any indication of their quality control and design 
>capability Leica should watch it carefully. It is a screwmount lens, with
the 
>adapter it will couple to the rangefinder of the M camera. Other lenses are 
>the 35/1,7 (August 1) and the Nokton 50/1,5 (October 1) as well as a 
>rangefinder equipped Bessa L camera with 1/125 flash synch and 1/2000 top 
>speed. I dont think that the 75/2,5 will outperform the 75/1,4, but it will 
>make a nice, lightweight, lens as a companion to a M6 or M4P with the 35/2
as 
>main lens. 
>Tom A
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