Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:19 PM 1998-11-09 -0600, Bud Cook wrote: >Let's be clear about it. I think Kyocera, not Zeiss make most of the Contax >lenses (whether or not Zeiss may design them). Well, not quite. It is technically a Zeiss production line, though owned by Kyocera. All of the final inspections are by Zeiss employees, NOT Kyocera employees. These are assigned by Zeiss's Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, which has no other connexion with Kyocera. Kyocera insists on this arrangment, as they are afraid that the reputation of the lenses will be harmed if these lenses are perceived as having been "made by Kyocera". Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!