[Leica] Re: The lights are on...but nobody's home

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

At 10:56 PM 4/5/00 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>Why do I ask?  Well, wait until you get a look at the May issue of
>Shutterbug magazine.  One quick look through that issue and you will
>agree with me that the Leica marketing department must only exist in
>the minds of the most gullable.
>
>You know what would happen as well as I do.  All hell would have
>broken loose in those companies, and heads would roll...as well they
>should.
>
>Bill

Well... in my opinion, Shutterbug is like a supermarket tabloid. More
fiction than fact. I have been a subscriber since the very beginning when
it was "Shutterbug Ad's". I still subscribe ONLY for the ad's. Here's why!

Last year when I was purchasing new Hasselblad equipment, Shutterbug ran an
article by Bob Shell on, among other H items, the 60CB lens. He stated that
it was "not" a T* (Zeiss Multicoating) lens, implying that it was inferior
to the previous version, the 60CF T* lens.

I looked at the 60CB at KSP and printed right on the lens flange, like all
other modern H lenses, was the red "T*" . I asked Bob Shell about his
statement and he said, that Zeiss had said, that it was not a "real" T*
coating.

So what is the truth? Did Zeiss put a T* designation on a non T* lens?

It actually didn't matter to me as I bought a 203, which is not compatible
with the CB lenses anyway.

So... Shutterbug is good for the ad's, and as land fill.

Jim