Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-22 Thread John Whittingham
age --- > > From: Jim Hemenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Sent: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:08:43 -0500 > > Subject: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan > > > > > >>I h

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-22 Thread Jim Hemenway
gma, and a fisheye by Sigma. Would that be the 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye by any chance? John -- Original Message --- From: Jim Hemenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:08:43 -0500 Subject: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-20 Thread John Whittingham
nation though. John -- Original Message --- From: Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:37:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan > --- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-20 Thread Alan Chan
--- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The early Sigmas were metal, very well constructed the only really fault > being the markings tended to wear off the barrel. The Sigma 24 I bought in mid-90's had full metal body too, with plastic aperture ring. But what made their lenses substand

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-20 Thread John Whittingham
s Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:30:59 +0100 Subject: Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan > Frantisek escribió: > > > There was a long discussion about this lens (2.8/24) on Praktica users > &g

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-20 Thread Carlos Royo
Frantisek escribió: There was a long discussion about this lens (2.8/24) on Praktica users group. I don't remember the facts now, but I can maybe still find it somewhere. I think there were several versions of the lens, some not plasticky at all. My sister has got one of those Praktica Carl Zeiss 2

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-19 Thread Frantisek
Saturday, February 19, 2005, 8:10:57 PM, Raimo wrote: RK> No Leica lenses have been made by Cosina - so far. Sigma, yes and Minolta, That's because Cosina is busy making lenses for Zeiss Ikon ;-) RK> But it was a question about KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. There was a long discussion about t

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-19 Thread John Whittingham
ount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan > I have a Leica-R zoom made by Sigma, and a fisheye by Sigma. I > don't know of any Leica reflex lenses manufactured by Cosina. > > Jim > > Raimo K wrote: > > > Perhaps it was not Sigma but Cosina? &

Re: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-19 Thread Raimo K
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan I have a Leica-R zoom made by Sigma, and a fisheye by Sigma. I don't know of any Leica reflex lenses manufactured by Cosina. Jim Raimo K wrot

Was KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, now Leica lenses from Japan

2005-02-19 Thread Jim Hemenway
I have a Leica-R zoom made by Sigma, and a fisheye by Sigma. I don't know of any Leica reflex lenses manufactured by Cosina. Jim Raimo K wrote: Perhaps it was not Sigma but Cosina? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - Original Message