Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:45 PM 2/27/98 +1000, Duncan Young wrote: >Well actually I believe its a Ziess design ( I'm not sure if Ziess actually >make them for leica, though ), so your other option is to purcase the Contax >version for only 2/3 the price. I guess the extra cost is the "magic" they >add to give the lenses the "leica look" ;) The 3.5/15 Super-Elmar-R IS a Zeiss Distagon, made at the main Carl Zeiss plant at Oberkochen. Leica claims that they have contracted with Zeiss so that Zeiss produces the lens to "Leica standards" but how much of that is sales hype can be imagined. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!