Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Erwin. I personally appreciate you taking the time to set things straight. I knew if we bashed this around enough, we would get the true answer. And you are also correct. The information that I got WAS from the SALES STAFF of Leica US and Germany. Jim At 11:57 PM 12/16/98 +0100, you wrote: > >Nowadays Leica does not design glass and no company produces "Leica glass" >for Leica as patented glass unavailable to others. >Leica now uses the standard glass from the standard catalogues from >manufacturers. It is true that many glass types in the standard Schott >catalogue had their origins in Leica research. >There is no "Leica glass" to explain the intriguing capabilities of Leica >lenses. Just the brains and creativity of the designers and some other >secret ingredients. > >Erwin