Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/22

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leica Optical Web site
From: James J Dempsey <jjd@k12-nis-2.bbn.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:37:11 -0400

> Didn't Minolta make the Leica CL and its lenses for Leitz back in the good
> old days? It's all part of the multinational approach to reducing costs while
> maintaining variety, quality and high profits.

I don't have the book in front of me, but off the top of my head I
believe that Leica and Minolta both made their own versions of the
40mm f2 lens, the Leica version called a Summicron-C and the Minolta
version called a Rokkor-C.  The 90mm f4 lens was only made in Germany
by Leica, but was shipped with two names, either Elmar-C or Rokkor-C.

                       --Jim Dempsey--
                         jjd@bbn.com
              http://frontdoor.bbn.com/users/jjd

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