[LRflex] Re: Lens and Focusing Advice Sought
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:01:06 +0200
It is almost certainly a Leica design - Kyocera was a very prominent and
well-respected lens designer and manufacturer long before their
collaboration with Carl Zeiss - that's one reason why Zeiss chose them
as a partner - and produced excellent optics for many other camera
manufacturers, as well as their own lenses and cameras under the Yashica
brand name.
The fast lenses on a whole series of Yashica fixed-lens RF cameras are
still almost legendary for their quality.
In my experience, many Yashica (Kyocera) lenses and CZ MiJ lenses are
equal in quality to, and often better than, the corresponding CZ MiG
(and even some Leica) offerings. For example, the Yashica 21/3.5
wide-angle lens is superior to the Leica-R Super Angulon 21/4.0 (which,
by the way, isn't a Leica design).
The performance of the Yashica 55/2.8 Macro is also almost equal to that
of the Leica 60 mm at a fraction of the price, and today still commands
excellent s/h prices.
Cheers
Douglas
David Young wrote:
At 4/18/2009, you wrote:
I second David on the 80-200.
It is a Zeiss design and remarkable for its price point.
Bob... a question for you ... a Zeiss design????
When I spoke with Peter Karbe /(Leica's current head of optical
design)/, in Wetzlar, in 06, he said it was a 100% Leica design,
constructed by Kyocera, under contract. Certainly, my copy says:
"Designed by Leica Camera Gmbh Mfd. in Japan", on it.
So, are you assuming that it's a Zeiss design, because of the long
time Zeiss/Kyocera association? Or do you have knowledge that the I
don't? If so, please tell us! Enquiring minds want to know!
Cheers!
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