Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:33 PM 9/11/98 -0500, you wrote: >At 08:19 PM 1998-11-09 -0600, Bud Cook wrote: >>Let's be clear about it. I think Kyocera, not Zeiss make most of the Contax >>lenses (whether or not Zeiss may design them). > > >Well, not quite. It is technically a Zeiss production line, though owned >by Kyocera. All of the final inspections are by Zeiss employees, NOT >Kyocera employees. These are assigned by Zeiss's Asian headquarters in >Hong Kong, which has no other connexion with Kyocera. > >Kyocera insists on this arrangment, as they are afraid that the reputation >of the lenses will be harmed if these lenses are perceived as having been >"made by Kyocera". > >Marc I have heard the same too, direct from a local importer. To put it in a different way, it is similar to having a big group of Japanese (or even Hutus or Mayans as long as they are skilled) making the lenses in a German plant. All QC at each stage of the production would be inspected by Zeiss people. Dan K.