Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My stated phrase, "Though manufactured in Canada", was a simple refutation of the belief of some Leica users I have met that only lenses and cameras made in Germany are worth owning. Nothing more, nothing less. ted grant wrote: > > Someone wrote: > > <<<<<I bought a used (mint condition) APO 180 f/3.4 from Jim Kuehl early > last year and have used it often since. Though manufactured in Canada,>>>> > > Hey wake up!!!!!!! Don't tell me whomever you might be that you consider it > less of a lens because it was made in Canada. > > To give you an idea of this "Made in Canada" lens and its quality factor: > It was originally designed for USA satellite surveillance to the extent > they could photograph a parking lot from space and count the lines in the > parking lot! > > There isn't any other lens that can touch it for the kind of thing it was > designed for. And wide open you can shave someone from a hundred yards and > they wont feel their whiskers being cut! > > I suppose you imagine it was secondary because it was made in Canada? Well > think again about lenses or Leica gear you see "Made in Canada" as it is > equal to and many cases "superior to that manufactured in the fatherland!" > > So lets be careful out there when some of you guys hold your nose in the > air about lenses made in Canada! Or the warriors of the Great White North > will come riding on our snowmobiles out of the storms with a beer in one > hand an an R8 in the other using Canada made lenses! :) > > ted > a warrior of the Great White North! :)