With the introduction of the Bessa R2, does anyone know whether Cosina will produce their lens line with a bayonet option or do they intend to continue to depend upon adapters?

-- Richard Hoag (wpcdallas@aol.com), February 19, 2002

Answers

I cannot see any advantage to Voigtlander doing this - producing only screw mount lenses allows them to be used on the older Leica and all Voigtlander screw mount bodies, simplifies production and adds a considerable volume of sales of screw-bayonet adapters!

-- Giles Poilu (giles@monpoilu.icom43.net), February 19, 2002.

They could always charge a little extra for the bayonet mount, though.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), February 19, 2002.

I think it would be silly for them to sell M-mount lenses. As it would add just one more machine/man/station to a production line that already exists. I think it much more likely that they will either leave things as they are (and selling boatloads of m-LTM rings), or they will include the m-ltm ring in the lensbox and raise the price $20 or so to cover it.

JOsh

-- Josh Root (rootj@att.net), February 19, 2002.

I think it would be silly for them to sell M-mount lenses.

Except for the fact that the "M" mount allows for faster lens designs... So don't be surprised to see some from them soon!

;-),

-- Jack Flesher (jbflesher@msn.com), February 19, 2002.

If I had to pay 30 to 50 extra Dollars to open the box and snap the lens onto my M-mount camera directly, then that would make me, the customer, happy. If I could do this now, I'd have the 75mm f/2.5 lens today. As it stands now, the hassle of also getting an adapter, as well as all of the stories of the index marks being off of 12 o'clock, makes me just hold off.

Even if Cosina did like Leica did in the early days and just used a set screw to mount the adaptor on the LTM lens, it would still make it less of a hassle for the person wanting the M lens.

-- Al Smith (smith58@msn.com), February 19, 2002.