Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
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At 9:57 PM -0400 7/19/03, David M. dorn wrote:
>I just found the price list for lens on the website. It appears to
>be Euro 287.36 about $300 ... can that be right or I am not reading
>the price list correctly?
>
>For that price I could live with the F22.
>
>David
>
>
>On Saturday, July 19, 2003, at 09:14 PM, David M. dorn wrote:
>
>>I just checked out the Alpa web site and found this reference;
>>
>>http://lux.technologies.free.fr/Pano%20en.htm
>>
>>Does anyone have any experience with this 15mm f/22 lens in a Leica
>>or other 39mm mount camera?
>>
>>I suspect the price may be on the stratospheric level. Maybe Rich
>>Pinto knows ( Rich?).
>>
>>David
I don't have the references at hand, but a number of years ago when
the Panomigon and the Cosina 15/4.5 came out, and the Cosina turned
out to be very similar (and often cheaper) in price a couple of
people tried out both. The Cosina turned out to be a better lens; not
surprising, as a 15mm f/22 will be severely diffraction limited.
Also, since it apparently is not a retrofocus design at all, it will
show greater light falloff than the Cosina, which already suffers
fairly strongly from this problem.
I'm certainly not interested in this lens.
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