Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think it's not so much that people are knocking Nikon/Canon/Olympus/Yashica/Zeiss/etc. but that a bunch of people must have felt vindicated to "stick by Leica" all these years. They now have a camera they can aspire to own. Sort of like the 2nd wind of a once-champion :-), so some of them are a bit zealous in promoting their views. Anyone who think Zeiss cannot challenge Leica is off a bit. Lets for argument sake that the Leica legendary build quality can hold up to earthquake and firestorm. Big deal, get 4 Zeiss and you would still be ahead. Use one to pound nails and you still have 3 to spare. Of course I do own 3 of the finest Leica lens (the 35, 50, 75 'luxes) :-) On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > And what, pray, is so bad about Kyocera (aka Yashica) lenses? > > In a relation performance to price, they knocked the socks off quite a few > of the bigger manufacturers. > > Their CY mount 2.8/55 Macro is close to being spectacular, and the 3.5/21mm > is up there with the best. The 2.8/135 Zeiss (possibly Kyocera - not sure) > is also a superb lens. > > Yashica's earlier fixed-lens RFs (GSN (1.7/45), 35 GX (1.7/40), etc.) > delivered superb results, even wide open > > Why does everybody still knock Yashica? - I grew up with their SLRs > (Electro-X, FR, FX-D) and Contax SLRs (RTS, 137MD) long before I got my > first Leica and always got great results. > > Douglas > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963