[LRflex] Re: The "not a REAL Leica lens" 70-210 zoom
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:20:21 +0100
I've been a great fan of Kyocera lenses ever since the first Yashica SLR
I owned, an Electro-X, long before moving on to Leica and other stuff.
A Lynx 5000, an Electro 35 GSN, an Electro 35 GX fixed-lens RFs and a
couple of FX-D Quartz SLRs a Contax RTS, a 137MD and a whole bunch of
excellent and reasonably priced lenses still grace one of my cabinets.
Their quality is generally superb to impeccable - I often wonder why
Yashica was always treated as one of the underdogs of the camera and
lens manufacturing fraternity.
The GX is a gorgeous, extremely well engineered (has the same feel to it
as Canon A1, cool and ready for anything) little camera with a pin-sharp
1.7/40mm lens and superbly accurate automatic exposure that (almost)
fits in a jacket pocket. It even has automatic parallax correction in
its RF/VF.
Cheers
Douglas
On 12.02.2010 12:40, Walter Kramer wrote:
> Yes, and the 35-70 f4.0 is also good and made in Japan by Kyocera.
>
> Bille Xavier F. wrote:
>
>> Walter, Doug, all,
>>
>> I have currently a 80-200 with the mention "made in Japan" .....
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>> Xavier F. BILLE
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>> Maisons-Alfort - France.
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>>> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:57:40 +1100
>>> From: walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: The "not a REAL Leica lens" 70-210 zoom
>>>
>>> Doug,
>>>
>>> Yes, my understanding is that the 80-200 is a Leica design made by
>>> Kyocera for Leica. The 70-210 Leica lens is a Minolta design but
>>> specked up and made by Minolta in Japan for Leica. Personally I get a
>>> lot of satisfaction and good results from using older lenses and the
>>> price is right. I would encourage people to explore this option now
>>> that one can mount legacy glass on micro four thirds cameras. I have a
>>> 50mm Summicron DR which I sometimes mount on my Pana G1 and the special
>>> character of that lens is not lost.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Walter,
>>>> And I seem to have read somewhere that the 80-200 is a Kyocera.
>>>>
>>>> I certainly agree on your last point - it's the "character" of a lens
>>>> that is important, not its clinical, technical perfection.
>>>>
>>>> I have a couple of "cheap& nasties" that produce a wonderful atmosphere
>>>> in certain shots. E.g. a Steinheil Cassarit 2.8/45 for a Braun Paxette
>>>> (Braun screw mount) that makes gorgeous misty pictures like an immensely
>>>> expensive Softar when used on bellows.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>> On 12.02.2010 11:12, Walter Kramer
>>>>
>>>>
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