Actually it turns out that they are only asking $1600 for the body at B&H so
it may be in reach of hygenists as well ;)
Thanks to Andrew for his message that poked me into actually looking it up.
There is a background section the Zeiss site that gives some history on the
pairing of CV and Zeiss. If I was in the market for a non Lei*a made M mount
camera the Ikon would be tempting (long baselength being the big one for
me).
Dan S,
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Subject: [OM] Re: Zeiss Ikon site up
" . . . for the dentists . . . "
LOL!!! Not sure if the allusion is true outside of the U.S. but it
certainly applies here.
FWIW, a dentist I met years ago is a very fine photographer. Charles
("CJ") Elfont by name. He may even have retired so he could shoot full
time. Specialized in Hummingbirds and Pretty Girls. One of his students,
Vincent Versace is now better known than CJ.
ScottGee1
Andre Dacey wrote:
> I vaguely recall hearing that it was only the 15mm that Zeiss was
> making and the rest were being made by Cosina but I could be wrong.
> The body is definitely from Cosina but isn't a rebadge. I think you
> are thinking of the Rollei body for that one which was just a rebadge.
>
> As for being for the dentists, the suggested prices that I've seen put
> the body between CV and Leica prices so it's not too terrible.
> Personally, I've been toying with the idea of getting into RF and this
> is a tempting option; longer baselength than the Bessas, (presumably)
> better quality body (still built by CV but has to meet Zeiss' quality
> control standards), but without having to pay the premium price of a
> leica body. There's also some discussion of a digital Zeiss Ikon body
> being in the works. I seem to recall hearing that the Zeiss lenses
> being offered are designed with digital in mind.
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