Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:58 AM 7/18/96 -0400, you wrote: >First, Kyocera was hardly 'started' to build cameras: it is a rather I thought we already covered this area. Yes, it is probably the world's premier ceramics producer. I meant the "new" Contax line, back in the 70s was started up by Kyocera at the request of Zeiss. >preliminaries. Zeiss next worked with Yashica, and the Contax RTS resulted. >When Yashica -- for reasons not directly connected to their Contax line -- >went bankrupt, Kyocera bought them out, and the present arrangement was born. Didn't know this part. Interesting. >Second, Zeiss still owns the Contax name and licenses its use by Kyocera. >This is per Blake Zeigler, among others. Right, I don't know what I was thinking by getting it backwards. >Third, all lenses are designed at Oberkochen and initial production on >almost all lenses is there. Manufacture is shifted to Japan once the lens >becomes an accepted part of the system. Yes, Zeiss designs. Mostly manufactured in Japan. Except the special order ones like I mentioned, including the night lens. >Fourth, all final inspections on Kyocera-produced gear bearing the Zeiss Yep. Glad you cleared it up. =================== Eric Welch Grants Pass (OR) Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB chair Diplomacy: Say nice doggie until you find a *BIG* stick