Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:13 AM 06-06-98 -0500, you wrote: >At 01:27 PM 6/6/98 +0100, you wrote: > >>Are you sure folks ?? >> >>Did somebody ever saw a German Noctilux f/1 ? > >Yes. Walter Mandler designed the lens in Canada. He also had a hand in the >180 Apo Telyt 3.4, and many other superb Canadian designs. > >The factory in Canada has not been owned by Leica for some time, and >production of most M stuff moved to Germany. > >But what does it matter? >-- > I am under the impression that Elcan is still under contract to produce the Noctilux.