At 12:36 PM 1/18/06 -0800, Peter K. wrote: >I can understand the M42, but even that is stretch. Zeiss must have money >to burn. Peter Pray, do not sound like a fool. The Zeiss Foundation makes a LOT of money but this is produced by the medical, industrial, military, and scientific side of the house, along with those vast sales of sports optics. I doubt that Zeiss has ever made any money from camera lenses. They might well choose to produce a given run of camera lenses when the public persona would be proper but then, I cannot recall a time when Zeiss and Corprate Common Sense have had much do do with each other. Let's talk about just what they ought to have done with the Prewar Contax ... Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list