Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Q: new lenses for Leica R
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <joseph@yao.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 22:44:39 +0800

on 17/2/01 3:14 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

> Andrew Moore wrote:
>> 
>>> As indicated in the new issue (2/2001) LFI, page 33.  One wide angle
>>> zoom and a successor to the 15mm Super Elmar will show up soon.  I
>>> wanted to convert to Nikon system (I have several R lenses and two Nikon
>> 
>> I too would be very interested in hearing about this.  Please follow-up to
>> the list.  But if a 35-70/2.8 was so hard to manufacture (I can't
>> understand why), I'd think a wide angle zoom would be even more difficult.
>> 
>> --Andrew
>> NO ARCHIVE

> Just remember folks, the announcement of a new Leica lens means that a
> new Leica lens MAY be available in time for the celebration of NEXT
> millenium...;-)

And they may make only 300 lenses and decide they are losing too much money
and stop production altogether.

Joseph