[rollei_list] Re: OT: Leica vs. Zeiss
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:22:04 -0800
Things like this always fascinated me. I wonder if people think about the
lens someone like Ansel Adams, or Avedon, or Newton, and others used when
they see his photographs. I know I do not.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Curious where this information comes from?
>
> BTW if I'm remembering right the CV 50/3.5 Heliar tested in at least
> one of the testing mag/rags as the most highly corrected lens of all
> the 35 mm gear they ever looked at...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Cosina with its CV Voigtländer branded glass does an interesting thing
> when
> > they design and produce the lenes.
> > They go all out making a lens which would compete right against Leica if
> not
> > better.
> > Then get cut back on the glass types making them much more affordable to
> the
> > price point they want. And are amazed, reputedly at how little the
> quality
> > falls of in the final optical results.
> > If they do this with Zeiss I don't know but it would make sense if they
> did.
> > If I was in their shoes I'd do it the same way. (snipped)
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