Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>In both cases, the lenses are German designed and only constructed by Kyocera to German standards and QC/QA<<< Yes, of course it would be Leica-designed. However, you might be interested to know that a fairly high-up source at Zeiss told me that the Kyocera-built lenses had slightly higher QC than the German-built lenses. (I know, more of what the LUG doesn't want to hear--I'm picturing a club lounge filled with guys with their fingers stuck in their ears, all going "NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH..." <g, d & r>). - --Mike