On Sep 25, 2007, at 2:58 PM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: SV: The Cult of Leica > > >>> >>> True. Also true that most Panny video cameras either have a Canon or >>> Fujinon lens attached. >> >> They know how to deal with lenses, mounts, manufacturing, etc. >> They're not an optical company. :-) > > Hmmm. > I have a couple of Fujinon enlarging lenses, and a friend has a > Fuji large > format lens. > Come to think of it, I have a Fujica camera with a Fuji lens > sitting on my > desk somewhere. > And who could forget that wonderful Fuji GX680, with the very good > Fujinon > lenses, or those sweet little rangfinder 120 format cameras they > were making > for so long. > I recall they also were making a panoramic camera under their own > name, > which I believe could be had with a couple of different Fujinon > lenses. > > They may not be an optical company specifically, but they have > probably got > more optical expertise than many optical companies.
Not sure what you're saying, Bill. Panasonic (Matsushita) and Fuji are two separate companies. Fuji definitely has a lot of optical expertise. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
