Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] New ZM Tessar
From: leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Mon Oct 13 07:46:42 2008
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Frank

This Zeiss lens is certainly aimed to underprice the new Summarits, for 
shure.

But not shure if you mean me with "Carl" (though my second name is 
"Charles", "Didier" is first, "Ludwig" is last). If you want to know my 
nickname, it's "Deed" :-) 

As for the framelines, as Daniel has posted, the Zeiss Ikon RF has 85mm 
framelines. But I have not had troubles in using 85mm lenses with 90mm 
framelines, or 40mm lenses with 35mm framelines, or whatever combinations, 
especially with a crop factor in addition. I'd use a SLR with 100% view if I 
would like to have an absolutely accurate framing method.

Didier





>Is this the Summarit Killer?
>At that price, I am not giving up my ( 30 year old ?) Tele-Elmarit and run
>out to purchase.....  But it is getting closer.....
>BTW, Carl  ( may I call you Carl?  We Americans are so informal...)) :  The
>Leica cameras have frame lines of 28, 35, 50, 75, 90, and 135 mm.  There is
>no  85mm frame lines.  If you are going to introduce a lens to fit a camera,
>do it right.  Make the FL fit the available viewfinder options.  It is a
>matter of marketing, not engineering......  You blew it.
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net



>>The street price will be lower; I'd expect around $750 in low VAT zones 
>>like
>>the USA or Switzerland.
>>Didier


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