Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i don't know if leica can offer anything. designing a good lens is not hard. leica makes good glass but they cost 3~4 times more. i am sure nikon and canon can spend as much and come up with good stuff. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Dante Stella wrote: > > > one would wonder what intellectual property it has that > > a mainstream digital camera producer might need. > > APO glass, or most of the R lens designs. Nikon's optical engineers would > rather be using Leica APO glass than Nikon's ED glass. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad