Stuart Richardson
Active member
Well, not to be cynical, but probably to take advantage of the digital marketing revolution and sell new lenses. There are a lot of used lenses out there for the 6000 series, and it would be easier for Sinar and Leaf to change them a bit and "optimize" them for digital, leading most people to just buy them out of a perceived sense that the older lenses are inferior. Most people coming to the system who don't know about it might assume that since most of the designs are older and made for film, that they are somehow inadequate for digital. They were superb to begin with and they are surely still superb on digital. But the fact remains that they are a business and if they go out and ask someone to pay over 30,000 dollars for a camera, back and lens, it is an easier sell if every part of that kit is "new and optimized for digital", rather than, "here's your 30,000 camera and standard lens based on the Xenotar from a 50 year old Rollei TLR".