Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ted's 80-200 f/4 improvement
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 17:00:08 -0600

At 03:21 PM 3/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
><< <<Then I saw a Vario-Elmari 80-200 f/4. I must say it's one good looking
> >lens.>>>>> >>
>
>Is this the lens produced by Zeiss???  I have the Zeiss / Contax 80-200 f4
>lens for my Contax SLR system.  It is a good lens, but is not nearly as good
>as the other four Zeiss / Contax zooms.  It is nice and small and light.

It's produced by Kyocera, which owns the Contax name, and makes most of the
Zeiss lenses for the Contax systems. It's not the same lens. It's a Leica
design, made by Kyocera.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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