I can understand the attraction of a moderate telephoto for rangefinder
users, since long teles are impractical. But a 70mm prime seems rather
ho-hum for an SLR. At least the Voigtlaender lenses adhere to the
diminutive standards of the Zuikos. I'll admit, I can't pass a Voigtlaender
Bessa L with that accessory shoe viewfinder and 15/4.5 Heliar and not wanna
take it home.
Now, if one of the Voigtlaender wide angles *could* be adapted to an SLR, or
if they decided to design some wider than 28mm for an SLR utilizing the same
quality in the Voigtlaender line...
Better yet, what if Olympus retooled the OM-1/2/3/4 body, knocked off the
pentaprism, and engineered a way to accept both certain Zuiko wide angles
*and* the Voigtlander glass and viewfinders? Please, no OM-labeled version
of the Cosina body, tho'. Man, I'd be thrilled just to have even a fixed
lens version of an OM-1-quality body with the 15/4.5 Heliar. My poor
Canonet would probably never get used again.
But I believe I'll just wait 'til I can afford a Zuiko 24mm or wider.
Lex
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From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just noticed on http://www.cosina.co.jp/75sl/ that the new Color-Heliar
70/2.5 SL lens is available in on Olympus OM mount.
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