Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica and Minolta and Zeiss
From: "Matthew A. Cenzer" <mcenzer@nwu.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:47:59 -0500 (CDT)

>Not one single other current Leica R lens has anything to do whatsoever
>with Minolta. The 28-70 has its origins in Sigma. The 35-70 f/4 and 80-200
>f/4 from Kyocera, the 28 Shift lens is by Schneider. (Dang good company
>that's as good at designing lenses as Leica and Zeiss). And all current M
>lenses are by Leica.

>One small mistake!  The new 28-70 is a Kyocera (also makes most Contax lenses)
>design.  The original Sigma 28-70 has been discontinued, as well as the
>35-70/3.5.


I'm confused. Are these Kyocera lenses related to the Zeiss lenses that are
sold for the Contax SLRs? What is the relationship between Kyocera and
Zeiss?

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Matthew A. Cenzer
Department of History
Northwestern University
mailto:mcenzer@nwu.edu