Vaughan
Suggest you check Voigtlander prices at Stephen Gandy's site here -
http://cameraquest.com/inventor.htm
Some are much better than Oz prices - i.e. Bessa L body US$200 - a lot
better than OZ$700!
AndrewF
>Cosina are making mouth-watering lenses for Leica-screw mount
>rangefinder cameras under the Voightlander brand: how does a 12mm
>*rectilinear* wide-angle for full-frame 35mm sound! They also make a
>15mm, 25mm etc up to 90mm, all at very reasonable prices with excellent
>optical quality too. Some lenses have multiple aspherical surfaces. In
>Sydney Australia I can get a new Bessa-L body for $700 and the above
>mentioned 12mm lens for $1500 all in Australian dollars. That's about as
>much as a used Leica M body alone costs.
>
>It seems that Cosina are open-minded to alternative markets and product
>nieches, and are not too fussed about slaughtering sacred cows along the
>way. I reckon they'd be the team to grab the OM-batton and run with it
>-- forget Olympus.
>Vaughan
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