[rollei_list] Re: rollei_list Digest V3 #151

I have said this for years. Why do we have independent lens makers but no independent camera body makers? Sigma could offer their SD 14 in different mounts, including Leica R, Contax C/Y, and Contax N and it could breathe new life into all these great orphaned lenses that never got an affordable viable digital body to attach to. Strange no company (Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, Novoflex, Cosina...) saw this market niche. 
Jan


On 26 Jun 2007, at 02:34, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:

Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:20:51 -0400
From: Michael Eric Berube <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: A Better Bayer?

Yep. No argument. Some are dogs and I don't believe that their QC is
quite up to the standards of some of the Camera companies either, but
when you find a good example of some of their better lenses (EX line is 
almost all fantastic) you've got a great tool. I use an 18-50/2.8, a
50-150/2.8 and I rented a 10-20/4-5.6 for a wedding this last weekend
and was very impressed and will very likely get one. Their new 70/2.8
Macro is getting rave reviews as one of the sharpest Macros ever made.
Again, they already make some 4:3 lenses, they'd be brilliant to make a 
camera that took those lenses but used their Foveon tech.

(I don't think they make lenses in Rollei mount though.)
:)

Be well,
Michael Eric Berube

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