Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for enlightening us, Marc. I've always wondered about the genesis of that partnership. My point was, however, that even though Zeiss and Yashica were not great marketers, the products of the union (the modern Contax line) are fairly popular. Kyocera's influence seems evident in the use of advanced ceramics, particularly in the AX SLR. - -----Original Message----- From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 1:55 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Contax and Kyocera At 10:45 AM 8/17/1999 -0700, Jim Laurel wrote: >itlooked >like early Contax (the "new" Contax, that is) marketing was driven from the >Yashica hierarchy, Kyocera's consumer camera division. Is that right? If >so, you could say that, although neither Zeiss nor Yashica was a marketing >powerhouse at the start of the arrangement, they have certainly done a >decent job of it since then. The drive behind the Contax SLR was Zeiss, who first tried to cut a deal with Asahi and then turned to Yashica. Kyocera was no where in the picture at the time. Yashica subsequently went bankrupt and Kyocera bought them out of bankruptcy and have been grand partners to Zeiss. There is no "Contax-Kyocera" partnership. The partnership is Zeiss and Kyocera. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!