Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is the question... I´d like you, the knowledgeable minded Leica boys...and girls, of course, to tell me the story about the german made and canadian made lenses and cameras. I´ve heard, sometime ago, people saying that formula of lenses and materials were the same, but...I´d also heard the contrary from others as knowlegeable people as the one I´ve just mentioned... The point is that a salesperson in Buenos Aires says that canadian lenses and cameras are as good as german ones. I do doubt on this point. Sincerely don´t know actually why but I do doubt about this point. For example, is a canadian 35/2 Summicron lens as good as a the same lens mad in Germany ? Why did Leitz assembled the same cameras at Germany and also Canada ? Is it true that assembling in Canada was cheaper than in Germany ? Is this reason the one and only reason to do this ? Did the Second World War have anything to do with the point? What are the cameras made in both places ? And lenses ? Thank you Pablo