Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Woops - I told you I wasn't a lens specialist - I just know what I like. Rob. ---------- > From: Marc James Small > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: NOVAR: OFF-TOPIC > Date: Wednesday, 6 August 1997 4:23PM > > > At 12:47 PM 8/6/97 +1000, Rob. wrote: > >Having said that, some of my favourite images are ones I have taken with > >this lens. It may be a Zeiss 'dud' but it does something for me and I > >cannot slander its glorious name. > > > Harumph. The Novar is a ZEISS IKON lens, not a Zeiss lens. It is the > Zeiss Ikon brand-name used on third-party lenses purchased by Zeiss Ikon. > These were generally made by Steinheil, Schneider, or Voigtlander before > the War, and by Steinheil, Voigtlander, or Hensoldt thereafter. > > And Zeiss Ikon is NOT Zeiss. The Zeiss lensworks and the Zeiss Ikon camera > works were related in corporate structure, but the two were never identical. > > Marc > > > Marc James Small > Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! > FAX: +540/343-7315 >