Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/20/99 2:04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Dominique.Pellissier@droit-eco.univ-nancy2.fr writes: << Made in Germany, made in Canada, made in Portugal, made in Japan : it doesn't matter.Made by (or for) Leica is important. >> Except, I think, in the case of Leica lenses which were wholly Minolta or Sigma lenses (designed and made) fitted into Leica-lookalike mounts and which were listed in sales brochures with ad copy that described the unique properties of Leica glass and specified as made in Germany with no asterisks and footnotes excepting those which in fact were not. I have an R6.2 and an R8 brochure from a few years back which do just that. Interestingly, the latest brochure "Leica: The Program" omits any such made-in-Germany references.