Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/14

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To: Albert Yeh <yeh@chaph.usc.edu>
Subject: Re: to UV filter or not
From: Robert Silvers <rsilvers@media.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 17:16:10 -0500
Cc: Jean-Philippe Guilbaud <Jean-Philippe.Guilbaud@imag.fr>, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960214104354.16340B-100000@alcor.usc.edu>
 
> > Eric Welch wrote:
> >
> > >I was making the point that like the Canada vs. Wetzlar(Solms) debate, a lot
> > >of people worry
> > >about something that doesn't matter.
> >
> > I do not agree with You. I've got a Summicron 50 f/2 Leitz Canada : no good
> > at all !!! The old one I had was made in Germany and astonishingly good.

One sample point does not mean that Wetzlar is better than Canada. Almost everyone
that has been to both areas says the Canadian plant was a much nicer and more
modern plant.

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