On 17 Dec 2001 at 9:15, Michael Henry wrote: > http://www.cosina.com/125_Voigt.htm > > This lens looks rather cool. > > I hadn't realised before, though, that Voigtlander was made by Cosina. > These two brands have completely different connotations for me: > Cosina the manufacturer of cheap 3rd-party lenses, and > Voigtlander the prestigious rangefinder manufacturer. > > I s'pose I should get over this way of thinking, since Cosina (I believe) > manufacture a few Nikon models.
The Voigtlander name is merely licenced by Cosina to plaster on their RF products (which aren't too foul BTW), apparently the boss of Cosina is a hugh RF fan so these RF products are a bit of a love child. They are doing very well too, strangely enough apparently the company takes user feedback seriously. My only problem with Cosina using the Voigtlander name is that they plaster something like "Since 1756" underneath the name :-( Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
