Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 28 May 1996, Eric Welch wrote: > At 09:23 PM 5/28/96 +0100, you wrote: > > >This is an intriguing idea, though, because it suggests that any > >manufacturer on a par with Minolta could make Leica lenses once they > >have the specs! Or at least could make similarly good lenses. I've heard > >great things said of the lens on the tiny new Minolta kilobuck compact, > >and the Minolta lenses made for the CLE seem to be held in high regard. > >I know that a some Japanese audio manufacturers have designed amplifiers > >with a "British sound" to sell them over here- is it conceivable that > >Japanese manufacturers (other than Kyocera) might bring out lenses with > >a "German look" at some point? > > I don't think so. The German look, for all the razzing it gets, costs a lot > of money. And any manufacturer can make quality goods, they just have to > want to. That's one reason the CL didn't go over well with Minolta, when it > was the Lecia version. Because they couldn't make it up to Leica's "specs" > and make what they thought was a good profit on it. There were too many > rejects. And that's one reason Minolta's 24mm lens, transformed into a Leica > lens costs so much more. > > ========================== > Eric Welch > Grants Pass Daily Courier > > In the 1970s Sigma told me that they were making Schneider movie camera lenses. Lots of other makers doing famous name- brand stuff under contract. Ed