Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 50mm f1.5 Nokton question
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:40:12 -0000
 
Horst Schmidt opined:

In my opinion, Cosina could not care less about the history or the accuracy
of
this lens names. It is a shame. But then what do you expect, if a company is
to
ashamed to use
there own name on the products they manufacture.

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Ashamed? Hardly. It's simply proof that Cosina is smart enough to know that
there are some idiots to whom the name of a lens is as - or more - important
than its performance.

'What? It's not German? It was made in JAPAP? It has to be crap!'

I am not suggesting that this is Horst's opinion, but I would certainly
suggest that there are enough Leica acquirers out there who feel that way to
make it worth Cosina's while to give the badge a "rich" photographic
heritage.

B. D.