Re: [Leica] FS Friday: 90/3.5 APO, taking orders for 21/4, 28/1.9, Bessa T

["Sonny Carter" <cartersn@alpha.nsula.edu>]

Don't be shy about your feelings, Stephen.
SonC

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] FS Friday: 90/3.5 APO, taking orders for 21/4, 28/1.9,
Bessa T


> the new Voigtlander 90/3.5 APO in Leica screw mount has arrived, along
with the
> very excellent 90 brightline finders.  silver or black
>
> I'm also taking orders for the rangefinder coupled 21/4 and 28/1.9
Voigtlander
> lenses in Leica screw mount, as well as the Voigtlander M mount Bessa T
and its
> winder,  all of which are expected to arrive towards the end of March.
>
> If interested in the new Cosina Voigtlander lineup, please visit
>
> http://cameraquest.com/inventor.htm  for prices
>
> or http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtlen.htm for pics of the new 90/3.5,
21/4, and
> 28/1.9
>
> all new Leica mount Voigtlander items Gray market, but sold with 1 yr
> CameraQuest warranty, details at
http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/CVCQW.htm
>
> Be sure to ask for your special LUG 100% surcharge if you believe the
> Voigtlander name is best left to a dead loser German company that wasn't
even
> smart enough to stay in business, instead of the currently made Japanese
> products which have not only introduced  the Voigtlander name to a new
> generation of photographers, but also have become the world's most
innovative
> 35mm interchangeable rangefinder manufacturer with:   the two widest lens
now
> made for RF (12 & 15), the widest production 35 lens EVER (12), the
fastest
> production 28 RF lens ever (28/1.9),  the only 90 APO lens ever made in
Leica
> screw mount,  the only complete lineup of multi-coated lenses for Leica
Screw
> Mount (12 to 90), and the first entry level M camera in a quarter of a
century.
>
> Yep, Cosina really has a lot to be ashamed  in regards to what they have
done
> with the Voigtlander name.  Hell, all Cosina had to do was leave well
enough
> alone --  "Voigtlander" could have continued today as a mediocre brand
name for
> micl products of a German Department  store.   damn, I miss the good old
days
> when Voigtlanders were pot holders and the only new M lens choices  we had
were
> $1500 +  Leica lenses -- THOSE were the days.
>
> Stephen Gandy
>
> no Mayo
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>