I have to say that I don't understand them doing it either, but wasn't there a
thread about it a while back, citing them as one of the reasons why they are so
scarce?
Julian
> from: "om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:05:22
> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OM] 18mm Zuiko test and why you shoudn´t sell it
>
> But I don't agree that Leica M users would be drooling over the 180/2. Why
> would they want that lens which would need an antique Visoflex to be used?
> And Leica R guys have the gargantuan 180/2 Apo-Summicron-R that equals or
> exceeds the Zuiko's performance, I doubt they'd want the Zuiko, with it's
> OM-to-R mounting problems.
>
> Skip
>
> some L*IC* users who spend more converting Zuiko 180/2s to M mount than an
> OM body would cost them.
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