Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 18, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Howard Cummer wrote: > It was on display at the Olympus stand at Photokina, under glass > and lit like a jewelry display. I asked the Olympus rep what the > suggested retail price might be and he smiled and said that I would > have to ask Leica. So, I infer that it is going to be Leica priced > rather than Olympus priced and therefore expensive. Still, I would > sure like to have one. The weakness in the 4/3rds lens line up is > fast single focal lengths - especially at the wide end. hi Howard, what do you know about the Sigma 30mm 1.4 for Olympus 4/3 rds...? thanks Steve > The Olympus stand at Photokina, BTW, took "Old Hollywood" as its > theme, had a big 1954 pink Cadillac convertible on the set and > against a black and white panoramic backdrop of New York a German > Marilyn Monroe look-a-like came out every hour on the hour to sing > a bit and have her pleated skirt fluffed up by the subway wind! > Very entertaining. > Cheers > Howard > > On 19 Oct 2006, at 3:15 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> Message: 7 >> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:12:21 -0400 >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!! >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: <C15BBC95.17131%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> I don't know a thing about it - except that I, too, can't wait to >> hear what >> it's going to cost, and hope that, unlike the 4/3 version of the >> Sigma 30 >> 1.4, it actually shows up one of these days; the Sigma is still MIA. >> >> >> On 10/18/06 9:50 AM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> >> wrote: >> >>> agree with b.d. >>> >>> the lens can be made in south-western Kiribati as long as it >>> performs well and >>> does not force me to raise my mortgage for buying it. all I can >>> say from the >>> german oly forum is that the people there are awaitening this >>> lens with big >>> enthusiasm, and the name leica got a new meaning for many of >>> them. btw, >>> cooperating with east-asian companies is leica's only chance to >>> survive. >>> >>> b.d., do you happen to know about the price of this lens? >>> >>> didier >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information