Re: Vs: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens.. .
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Raimo Korhonen wrote: > And I still have a suspicion that the Pentax limiteds may be made by Cosina. Interesting. I presumed Ashahi had its own lens plant... In a situation like the above, who does what? Who designs the actual optical charactoristics of teh lens? Who builds the prototypes? The regular line? Who quality controls, and where does the coating come in? IE, is it the design and prototype would be done by Pentax, or Leitz, or whomever, then given to Cosina/Sigma/etc for mass production? Does it go back to the mother company to have coatings applied, or do Cosina have their own machines do it to the Pentax spec? -g. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.
Vs: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens .. .
FWIIW Sigma has produced 28-70 mm lenses for Leica. So they are not the Asian Zeiss (Kyocera is) but they can do a good job if they want to. And the workmanship of the EX line (like the 105 Macro I have) is really very good indeed. And nobody knows what they have made for other brands. And I still have a suspicion that the Pentax limiteds may be made by Cosina. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 12. marraskuuta 2002 14:26 Aihe: Re: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens .. . >On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Alan Chan wrote: >> Perhaps you don't understand the Japanese industry too well (no ofference > >I barely understand my own industry at all, now I'm expected to learn >world economics... Geez, you camera guys are too much... :) > >> btw). Cosina brand products are, well... as you know. But the factory Cosina >> actually manufacture many great products, they just don't stamp them >> "Cosina". All the latest Voightlanders products were made by Cosina and they > >I'm just baffled that Cosina, who seems to have a reputation to have all >the quality control of Kiev, would also be known for turning out top of >the line lenses, as well. > >I guess I just don't really have a good enough feeling for how lopsided a >company can even be inside. For instance, Sigma, who isn't exactly highly >reknowned as an Asian Zeiss also produces Quantaray lenses for Ritz. I >know that Sigma isn't as widely trashed as Quantaray is, but I was never >aware of just how many differing levels of quality could come from one >company. > >
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Yes, it is. Definitely. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 11. marraskuuta 2002 22:54 Aihe: Re: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens.. . >On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, frank theriault wrote: >> AFAIK, Cosina bought the rights to the name Voigtlander. All things >> Voigtlander are now designed and manufactured in the Mystic East. > >Is it too much to ask that Vivitar buys Leitz just so I can hear the >collective howl of a million leicaphiles? > >
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Because they are not made the same way - Cosina lenses are cheap, Voigtländer lenses are expensive, although cheaper than Leica glass. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 11. marraskuuta 2002 16:06 Aihe: Re: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens. . . > >I thought the new Voightlanders were respected cameras and quality lenses? >If this is the case, then why-oh-why can't all Cosina lenses be as respected? > >
