Re: [Leica] Germany made or Canada made ?

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>]

Pablo:

All of Leicas' most prized lenses were Canadian made until recently.  This
includes for example the 180 3.4 APO for the R, the M lenses such as the
Noctilux, 75mm summilux, 90mm APO Summicron, just to name a few.  The other
 lenses like the 35mm Summicron was also made in Canada.  In fact, a lot of
these were designed in Canada.

Regards,

Robert
Canada
At 08:01 PM 8/23/99 -0300, you wrote:
>That is the question...
>I´d like you, the knowledgeable minded Leica boys...and girls, of
>course, to tell me the story about the german made and canadian made
>lenses and cameras.
>I´ve heard, sometime ago, people saying that formula of lenses and
>materials were the same, but...I´d also heard the contrary from others
>as knowlegeable people as the one I´ve just mentioned...
>The point is that a salesperson in Buenos Aires says that canadian
>lenses and cameras are as good as german ones. I do doubt on this point.
>Sincerely don´t know actually why but I do doubt about this point.
>For example, is a canadian 35/2 Summicron lens as good as a the same
>lens mad in Germany ?
>Why did Leitz assembled the same cameras at Germany and also Canada ?
>Is it true that assembling in Canada was cheaper than in Germany ? Is
>this reason the one and only reason to do this ? Did the Second World
>War have anything to do with the point?
>What are the cameras made in both places ?  And lenses ?
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>Thank you
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>Pablo
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