Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:35 PM 02-06-98 -0800, Don wrote: >Could any of you research-types, with your resouces in espionage, confirm a >rumor which has bugged us, and has now arisen again? > >A couple of months ago, our Leica rep remarked that the "point and shoot >Leicas" had lenses made by Hoya, and not Leica. > >Today, I was informed that the glass for the new 75mm 1.4 Summilux was also >from Hoya. > I don't see a problem if the raw glass came from Hoya. I thought it was common knowledge that Leica was buying glass from Hoya. Now, if Hoya was grinding and assembling the lenses for Leica, that would be a different story.... Dan C.