Winsor, which Zeiss lenses have/had this 'feature'?
My 'G' lenses sure don't fit that description.
And yes, with the almost instant communication provided by the
Internet, ALL news travels fast, true or not.
Thanks!/ScottGee1
On 1/30/07, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It just occurred to me how similar the Zeiss lens thing was to the
> Leica M8 thing. With Leica the infrared sensitivity was blamed on a
> thin IR sensor filter compromise needed to keep the image sharp with
> a belated request to accept a coupon for a free IR filter for two
> lenses. With Zeiss it was a situation of lenses that looked bad until
> stopped down and Zeiss replying that the aberration was a feature.
> What is common is that both companies apparently issued flawed
> products for sale and provided rationalizations for them after the
> fact when they had been discovered by early users. Their explanations
> may have valid bases but coming after the fact is damaging. I don't
> think either company is technologically inept, but my first reaction
> was to wonder why they had not introduced the items with these
> "features" up front to avoid that suspicion. Then I remembered that,
> at least for Leica in the past, this was the sort of explanation that
> would have come out in an issue of Leica Fotografie or incorporated
> in a year or two into an article in one of the several books like the
> Leica Way or Leica Manual. They have not changed, but perhaps the
> times have.
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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