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The next vintage lens campaign ...
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I also find it somewhat annoying that some nobodys go around digging up and expropriating the names of long defunct brands that (probably) used to be considered good in some old times, in order to latch onto some lingering respect for that brand. Of course, I'm aware that if the name wasn't protected by law it's fair game by now, AND strictly speaking - say - the Voigtlander lenses made today have little to do with the Voigtländers of yore, but at least that brand went to a company that is a decent optic manufacturer in its own right, AND has been doing this thing for years, proving their worth through a fair amount of shed sweat, blood and tears. This (and the "Meyer-Optik" scam) looks like a blatant quick cash-grab done by some upstarts nestled in Kickstarter - who, of course, may initiate a self-sustaining reaction by sparking enough "brand (fake) recognition" to get their thing going from an economic standpoint. But selling (?) the vastly overpriced stuff that is really in no man's land - NEITHER the straight replicas of highly prized vintage glass (as the modern process and coatings may probably take away some of that "legendary" image rendition, not to speak of the format differences), NOR a decently modern construction - looks, well, as combining the worst of both worlds. Again, at grossly inflated prices. So, to paraphrase a popular sentence, what's to like here?

  


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The next vintage lens campaign ... - by Klaus - 07-20-2017, 09:30 PM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by Guest - 07-21-2017, 12:29 AM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by borisbg - 07-21-2017, 05:44 AM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by borisbg - 07-21-2017, 06:17 AM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by JJ_SO - 07-21-2017, 07:06 AM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by Rover - 07-21-2017, 01:00 PM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by Rainer - 07-21-2017, 07:28 PM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by Rover - 07-26-2017, 02:34 PM
The next vintage lens campaign ... - by toni-a - 07-26-2017, 07:01 PM

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