leica clone

wahidkarim55 · 1st March 2006

anybody own a Leica imitation fron russia?, does it produce sharp picture?

sabrewolf · 2nd March 2006

I dont think they clone the lenses, its the bodies that they cloned and its the lens that determines the picture mostly.

YOL925 · 2nd March 2006

Originally Posted by sabrewolf

I dont think they clone the lenses, its the bodies that they cloned and its the lens that determines the picture mostly.

They do. The most copied leitz lens was the 5cm 3.5 Elmar. My friend keeps many of these and he claims they are as good if not better than the original ones (which I doubt, very much)

yol

kiumjoon · 4th March 2006

Yes, there are many copies of Leica from Russian. Like FED and Zorki. Even the lens(Jupiter) are copies of the leitz.

I have seen quite sharp and good quality pictures that these russian lens can yield. I would say its only 80% near to leica lens quality. Russian lens are mass produced with no quality control.
But its still possible to get very nice and cheap leitz copied lens.

1st March 2006	#1
wahidkarim55 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: east Posts: 105	leica clone anybody own a Leica imitation fron russia?, does it produce sharp picture?

2nd March 2006	#2
sabrewolf Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Posts: 241	Re: leica clone I dont think they clone the lenses, its the bodies that they cloned and its the lens that determines the picture mostly.

4th March 2006	#4
kiumjoon Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 125	Re: leica clone Yes, there are many copies of Leica from Russian. Like FED and Zorki. Even the lens(Jupiter) are copies of the leitz. I have seen quite sharp and good quality pictures that these russian lens can yield. I would say its only 80% near to leica lens quality. Russian lens are mass produced with no quality control. But its still possible to get very nice and cheap leitz copied lens.