I have 3 Cosina "Voightlander" lenses in PKA, and their build and optical quality is no worse than that of Pentax LTDs in every respect. They are quite costly too.
best, mishka On 7/6/07, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam, > > >>>big hit in Nikon-land, that's only because the Nikon 50/1.4 is fairly > >>>average in performance not because the Zeiss is legendary in its > >>>performance. > >> > >>especially when it's Cosina Zeiss... > > > Yet several of the Cosina-built Zeiss lenses outperform their Contax > > predecessors. Notably the ZF 25/2.8(which is an entirely new design) and > > the ZM 21/2.8. > > don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Cosina. Actually they are > quite like Pentax and usually offer excellent value for money. But these > "Carl Zeiss" lenses are far from that - Pentax own Limiteds are much > better value IMO. > > BTW Contax(Kyocera)/Cosina doesn't matter, both are building lenses in > some automated factory so I'd expect similar results. The price of > original Zeiss/Leica glass is higher because of the labour cost involved > (hand assembly, testing), while this is perhaps slightly above standard > mass production with fancy name on top of it (an unnecessarily high > price IMHO). > > Cheers, > > Peter > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
