Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/12

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Subject: [Leica] new M lens?
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Jul 12 07:12:21 2004

Well IF the issue is Canadian production, then why not simply produce
the same 74 where ever they're producing the other lenses. What would be
the point of a dumbed down 75? There's no more reason to want a 75 2.8 -
as opposed to that fabulous 1.4 - on a digital than there is on a film
M. And, for that matter, given the limited top ISO on the digital, a
faster lens makes even more sense. And keep in mind that I no longer own
a 75 as I don't like the focal length - but I do think it's a fabulous
piece of glass. :-)

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Frank Filippone
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:55 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] new M lens?


BD.. I must agree on the reasonably small base of M buyers.  However
there is possibly one reason for introducing a new 75.  Leica has now
replaced all the lenses once made in Canada.  The 75 I believe is the
last one.  It might be only the issue of supply vs discontinuation.
Personally I thought it wa a bit dumb to produce a 90/4, and even dumber
to have the Macro feature as a come on ( at a small additional charge of
$1000).

Then there is the possibility of a dumbed down 75 to go with the DIgital
M.

As I once said, If I were King......

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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