[rollei_list] Re: new Zeiss Ikon- a hollow construct?

> Hauke, 
> Throwing in the Zeiss Ikon with some of these Chinese-made rebranded "Rollei"
> things is not really fair.  The ZM cameras and lenses are a well-reasoned
> compromise by Zeiss Oberkochen in a tough ecomomy and they are collaborating
> with a producer in Japan whose lenthusiasm for rangefinders has helped RF
> cameras to survive and be affordable today.


Well it is fair because they are all made in the same factory by the same
people twenty feel away.. And the camera has not the faintest similarity in
appearance or feel to a German Made Zeiss Ikon Camera nor the glass.

I love Japanese cameras. I use them every day.  I just don't see the point
in pretending they are German cameras that I got an amazing deal on.
When they are priced like Japanese cameras.
Look and feel like Japanese cameras.
Are made in Japan.
Don't tell me its a Zeiss camrea.

Wow what's the better deal a Zeiss 35mm f2 for 1000 usd or a Leica for 3000?
Well if it really was a Zeiss lens there would be no discussion no argument.
The Zeiss lens would be an absolute STEAL.
If it really was a Zeiss lens.

Its not just labor its choice of materials and tolerances of the end result.
A Zeiss piece of gear should cost the same as a Leica piece of gear if not
more.
I can tell you the only thing I've spent more money on than my Leica glass
is my Zeiss Hasselblad glass. Which in no way resembles anything coming out
of the Cosina factory with any logo whatsoever on it. And you can find any
logo you want hanging off the ceiling there. Sony. You name it.

Mark William Rabiner



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