larry_dunn Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Okay, okay, maybe I've missed something somewhere? but I've been looking for an Official (manufacturer's) web site for the Cosina / Voigtlander series of cameras and lenses. (Yes, I've seen the wonderful stuff that our friend Stephen Gandy does on camerquest.com) It's just that I would enjoy a different viewpoint, if available. Does one exist, and is it in English? Thanks, in advance. LD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Official site is all in Japanese.... <a href="http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-camera/index.html">click here</a> .... The official USA (English) site IS cameraquest. The Cosina site list of worldwide links include Cameraquest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Trevor, It baffles me that they (Cosina) can be so provincial as not to provide an English translation to their site. Most German manufacturers do and I believe German is a much more widespread language than japanese. Like it or not, English is the de facto lingua franca of modern times, understood at least partially by most cultured persons throughout the world. I have nothing against Cameraquest; Stephen Gandy has done a great job with his site. He offers top notch info there, not only on the Cosina line but on Leicas in general and many other cameras. However I believe that for a manufacturer to be taken seriously they should offer information generally available worldwide to other than their countrymen. OTOH, Chinese might be the next de rigueur language so who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_marshall1 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Larry, there was a Voigtlander.com in German & English with manufacturer's info on the web as recently aa about 6 months ago, but somewhere along the way, it was shut down & now only the Japanese Cosina site is available with official information. If you use babelfish.altavista.com, it will translate the site to a sufficient degree that you can figure out what they are saying. Goos luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_stanton2 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Two other sites which have CV info: 1. www.photovillage.com2. www.mainlinephoto.com.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aizan_sasayama Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 I think it's for marketing purposes, to keep the rangefinder renaissance grassroots and not co-opt/usurp it. I appreciate CV's respect on this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socke Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 <a href="http://www.voigtlaender.de">www.voigtlaender.de</a> and the click on the Union Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_marshall1 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 That's the site I remember! Thanks, Volker, for posting the web address. I don't remember how I accessed it originally, but when I went back to try it months later, I referenced the Popular Photography Buyer's Guide, which has a .com address listed. I appreciate the correction. It's a nice site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambrick007 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 "www.voigtlaender.de and the click on the Union Jack" <p> Different company. That's the German distributer of C/V in Germany --> Ringphoto or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip l. Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 not wanting to get into a pissing war between Pinto and Gandy, there are "two distributors" both them share in that AFAIK. All that I can say is that Rich has been much more positive than Gandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_evans4 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 <p>A long time since it's been updated, but there's also <a href="http://www.peat.org/cvfaq/">this informative and disinterested page</a>.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_engeler Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 There used to be some MTF curves available on the web. Where are these? It would be nice to compare with the new Zeiss lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capocheny Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Speaking of Voigtlander... does anyone have Kobayashi's email address? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_marshall1 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Good question, Christopher. I've only seen Popular Photography's ubiquitous SQF charts on the CV lenses. With the demise of photodo, I've never seen MTF graphs on CV lenses. Erwin does a review of a group of them, but I haven't seen him actually publish MTF graphs. I too would love to see CV MTF results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_dunn Posted October 8, 2004 Author Share Posted October 8, 2004 Thanks to all of you guys! This is exactly the information I've been looking for, and I appreciate everyone's input. LD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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