Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/12

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Non-Leitz LTM Lenses
From: beamon@primenet.com (Roger L. Beamon)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 04:41:33 -0700 (MST)
Cc: "joe b." <joe@azurite.demon.co.uk>
 
<snip>

>Thus, the rush to Japanese lenses makes perfect
>sense from an economic standpoint but was a wash in terms of optical quality.

Agreed, Marc, but it was also interesting that suddenly the world was made
aware that the cheap Japanese product *was* on a par with their European
competition, even if they were clones. Point was that the manufacturing
smarts were there.
    --
    Roger Beamon,  Natural History Interpreter & Photographer
                              Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
                              INTERNET: beamon@primenet.com