jaapv
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I was told, on pretty reliable authority, that the new line of WA lenses would be "substantially less expensive at the same quality". Now that sounds interesting. 
hoot
green behind the ears
At the risk of making a fool of myself, what's WA?
Kim Coxon
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Wide Angle?
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leica lenses?
Avotius
Some guy
must be for that digital M7 thing that coming out. Lets just hope its not some dedicated digital lenses like canon's efs lenses, but somehow I doubt leica would do that. Cheap is good.
jaapv
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back alley said:
Well, it was Leica that said so, so I suppose they were talking Leica lenses.....
Sorry, by WA I did mean Wide-angle, the ones they announced for the M8Dig (or whatever they will call the thing).
Cheap - well, maybe not that. Let's say less expensive.
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Kim Coxon
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jaapv
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They will be compatible with analogue camera's according to Leica
hth
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So they decided that they need to do somthing about the prices? Good. Must be the competition from Zeiss.
Lets hope that they actually manage to get the price down for that M-digital body too, so I might consider it. At least if they hit the same price level as the RD-1.
Hopefully the body will work decently well with most current lenses too, I do not think I can motivate myself to buy a body at that price level and new lenses...
But no big problem, there is always film as a workaround for my existing cameras.
/Håkan
Lets hope that they actually manage to get the price down for that M-digital body too, so I might consider it. At least if they hit the same price level as the RD-1.
Hopefully the body will work decently well with most current lenses too, I do not think I can motivate myself to buy a body at that price level and new lenses...
But no big problem, there is always film as a workaround for my existing cameras.
/Håkan
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RML
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Backwardly compatible and less expensive... mmmm. Sounds good!
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
I hadn't heard there was any sort of new line of lenses under development. When will they be appearing, any idea? (I'm sure they'll still be above the CZ prices.)
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Treb
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jaapv said:
The same quality as in both mechanical and optical? Sounds really interesting. Any info on a release date for these lenses?
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where did you read that?
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
""substantially less expensive at the same quality."
Wishful thinking considering that Leica is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Wishful thinking considering that Leica is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Ben Z
Veteran
Sadly to say, unless they're less expensive than used Leica lenses, I'm out.
bobofish
Two-fisted Atom Smasher
That could be a hint that Leica's going to outsource the production of those lenses.
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Think also about Leica's concept of "inexpensive" (which probably would place things at the $700-level).
JoshRoot
The NW will rise again.
Somehow I doubt that Leica is going to come out with cheaper lenses...unless they are going to made by cosina.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
The state of Washington.hoot said:
I find love for acronyms fascinating (Captain)
Speaking of acronyms, would the authority happen to go by the initials of E.P.?jaapv said:
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
You mean the outsourcing of the Zeiss name to Cosina. Price reduction isn't all that it's cracked-up to be. I'm not saying that anything expensive is good. But also lowering prices no matter what the cost isn't good.hth said:
If you don't want to pay for Leica prices, there's always Voigtlaender. And Voigtlaender produces very good glass too, so there's no need to complain about Leica.
"the new" Zeiss is more expensive than Cosina...how come they're not getting that rap too? Hmmm...