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Subject: [Leica] Shops in Tokyo for Zeiss ZM and Voigtlander stuff
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:58:04 -0700
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I believe Yodobashi in Shinjinku and Map Camera (not sure where) are still
two of the biggest chain? Certainly if you can buy it anywhere in Japan, you
can probably buy it in Yodabashi :-)

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Simon P-J <simonpyjama at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm just off on a trip to Tokyo and wondered where would be the best shops
> for Mr Kobayashi's (sp?) products.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Simon
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 26 Aug 2010, at 09:55, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > It's there :-) And while I am not a lens designer, the backend cross
> section
> > does look like the Nokton 50/1.1, which makes sense.
> >
> > It really is a sound financial move by VC. People are selling "ancient" C
> > mount 25/0.95 lens for similar prices but only VC has a ready made new
> > solution. As I understand it, the original 12mm and 15mm "made" the
> company,
> > but I suspect that this lens and others lens for the m4/3 (e.g. how about
> if
> > they shrink that 35/1.2 to a 17/1.2?) will be a major part of the future
> for
> > VC.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se>
> wrote:
> >
> >> As you can read, they are adamantly denying all rumours:
> >>
> >> http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/micro-ft/index.html
> >>
> >> Probably just as well. I have only looked fleetingly through the
> >> viewfinder with manual focus, but it didn't take me long to realize
> >> that I am too old to focus that way.
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> >> frozenlight.eu>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Firstly, I find it curious that CV would "announce" a new lens on a
> >> "Rumors" site.
> >>>
> >>> But assuming it is true, I am quite sceptical about the utility of this
> >> lens. The point of using it is to shoot at f0.95, obviously. And given
> my
> >> experience focusing the 90mm Elmarit on the GF-1, I think that the % of
> >> usable images would be below 10%.
> >>>
> >>> As others have said, most cameras work best as a system with the lenses
> >> designed for it, and my conclusion is that despite the automatic
> >> magnification feature of the GF-1 when focusing manually etc., the GF-1
> >> works best with MFT autofocus lenses.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Nathan
> >>>
> >>> On 26 Aug, 2010, at 2:56 , Ric Carter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> that's the reason for the question
> >>>>
> >>>> i've heard complaints about manual focusing on cameras with electronic
> >> viewfinders
> >>>>
> >>>> ric
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It's manual focus.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Ric Carter wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> i love the concept of this new lens from cv, but is it possible to
> >> focus the thing?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> i have no experience, so not a rhetorical question
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ric
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Nathan Wajsman
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> >>>
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