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Subject: [OM] Re: "(...) the fastest macro lenses for 35mm full-frame photography today (...)" (RANT)
From: James King <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:24:40 +0100


Bart Wientjes wrote:
> Ok, the press release is a bit tendentious, but that's how press releases
> are.
> 
> To be perfectly honest, I am actually pleasantly surprised by this news. The
> more quality glass for film cameras the better is my motto.
> Is Zeiss moving into a position as a 3rd party lens manufacturer? Not too
> strange; the've lost a market with Kyocera going belly up in the camera area
> and stopping the Contax brand. Wonder if they'll move to other mounts as
> well...
> 
>

Not to mention the hassleblad H1 and H2 are fuji bodies with fuji 
lenses... as was the now defunct xPan

James

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