Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]rsilvers @ media.mit.edu (Robert Silvers) wrote: >One sample point does not mean that Wetzlar is better than Canada. Almost everyone >that has been to both areas says the Canadian plant was a much nicer and more >modern plant. As far as I know we should still be using the present tense. Last time I was there (this past summer) the Midland plant was still in operation, not making camera bodies any longer but still making some M-lenses (e.g. 90/2.0) and military-related optics. As far as general quality goes, I don't have the luxury of owning two versions of the same lens to compare; but am I right in saying one of Leitz's cheif lens designers, Dr. Walter Mandler (who did the Noctilux 1.0 design, among others) was resident in Midland for some years in the late 1950's and 60's? By the way, Midland is a charming little lakeside town; if you're headed north from Toronto anyway, it's "worth a detour", as Michelin says. Adrian Tanovic GRFP Tokyo -- 617/253-6515 http://grim.media.mit.edu