Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:33 AM 11/27/1999 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote: > >I believe the Leica-R 80-200 is made for Leica by Kyocera, who make many >of the Contax lenses for Zeiss. If the 80-200/4-R has any kinship to the >80-200/4 Contax lens, it ought to be very usable. In both cases, the lenses are German designed and only constructed by Kyocera to German standards and QC/QA. There is no direct connexion between the designs of the two lenses, save that the current chief of design at Leica is a former Zeiss employee. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!