Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard There is no question that Eastman Kodak supplied 47mm, f2.0 Ektars to Premier Optical Co. to use in their superb Kardon cameras, which along with the British Ried, were the best copies of the Leica screw mount cameras ever made. Jerry Richard Knoppow wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ll.clark@verizon.net> > To: <rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Rollei] Some Ektars made by Schneider > > > In <3F15A1D7.1494F8D7@hemenway.com>, on 07/16/03 > > at 03:04 PM, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> said: > > > > >All pre-war Kodak Anastigmat Ektar lenses for Retinas, > including the > > >Retina I, Type 010, May 1946-Spring 1949, were > manufactured by Schneider. > > > > Was it not Richard Knoppow who said that the reputation of > pre-war > > Schneiders for QC was considerably less stringent than the > post-war > > lenses? > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - > > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > From experience! I am skeptical of Kodak using the Ektar > brand on any lenses but its own but have nothing definite. A > great many Schneider lenses were used in Retinas, under > their own name. I imagine that Kodak or Nagel inspected > these for quality. > The Xenon is a curiousity to me. The first ones were > evidently made for Leica cameras but I don't know whether > they were made by Schneider or Leitz. > Another question about the Retina is wrere the Ektars on > them made in Rochester and shipped to Stuttgart or were the > cameras shipped to Rochester for final installation. I have > no idea. > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@ix.netcom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html