Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you have evidence of this? I never heard of this story before. Chris At 06:16 PM 7/22/96 -0400, you wrote: >At 11:17 AM 7/22/96 -0400, you wrote: >>Excerpts from mail: 22-Jul-96 Re: Leica Optical Web site by Afterswift@aol.com >>> Didn't Minolta make the Leica CL and its lenses for Leitz back in the good >>> old days? >> Originally, I believe Minolta made the body, but the lenses (at >>least the 40 Summicron) were Wetzlar. >> My CL says Japan on the body and Germany on the Summicron. >> >>Stan Yoder >>Pittsburgh >> >Here is an interesting sidenote: Originally, Leitz had designed a 40mm F2.8 >lens for the Leica CL. When Minolta showed up with an 40mm F2 Rokkor - with >superior quality, Leitz went back to the drawing board and came up with the >F2 lens - of equal (not superior) quality. > >Bowtie > > >