Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] Precision-molding aspherical lens elements, was:"basic" questions and some comments to "Japanese camera" arguments
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 12:12:01 +0200
 
>To the best of my knowledge, the technology of precision-molding
>aspherical lens elements (as opposed to grinding them, at great expense) came from the Tamron, Sigma, or some such, and I for one,
>am not going to complain that the technology has 
>made fine Leica lenses almost affordable! 

Jeff,

Are you sure that Leica use the same technique ?
I have a doubt.

Lucien