Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>> The famous Zeiss lenses for the Contarex followed this design principle: A lens should be designed for image performance, whatever size it takes. So the world saw astonishingly good performance in a unwieldy package. <<<<<<<<<< To my hands, this could also describe all too many of the recent R lens designs, such as the 70-180. >>>>>>>>>> Exit the Contarex. <<<<<<<<<< Given the slumping R system sales, perhaps there's a lesson here for Leica's designers. Larry