Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canada vs. Leitz (Ger)
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 22:17:42 -0600

>I think it's simply a matter of lower labor costs to begin with.  In 1978,
>the Canadian made 180mm APO Telyt cost only slightly more than the German
>made 180mm Elmar.

The reason the Apo Telyt cost less than you would expect it simple. The
U.S. Navy paid for the R&D.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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