Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They feel like the high end CV lenses (those of the past 2-3 years). The edges are a bit sharper than those of the Leica lenses. I guess, for me, if one has only $850 to play with, buying new rather than "bargain" is safer in that you don't know what that bargain lens has been through. Jeffery On Jan 2, 2008 10:50 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > Get this. Exactly in your price range, and the optics don't get any > better. > > > > http://www.adorama.com/ZI352BS.html > > > A little insincere in the hype department: > > A passion ready for the challenge " For our lens designers, the chance to > develop the Carl Zeiss family of T* ZM-mount lenses was a dream come true. > They were free to follow their passion in pursuit of perfection in lens > performance, taking full advantage of our uncompromising symmetric lens > designs. The only limitation was to reserve 15 mm in front of the film for > the TTL exposure metering, commonplace in M-mount cameras. The result is a > complete range of the most advanced M-mount lenses ever made. " > > > The were free to follow their passion as long as they had it made in Asia > with interchangeable parts from lens to lens and a price point about half > Leica and its own normal price point. > It's not like the guys designing the Contarex system in the early 60s in > which THEY REALLY were able to follow their passions with no regard to > price > size or marketing to the masses restrictions. > > Sure looks like a Contarex lens in the picture wonder how it feels in > person? > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA