Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] lenses >At 05:02 AM 9/4/99 -0400, you wrote: >>Can >>someone tell me why or how the German lenses (or bodies) are better than >>the Canadian and how I can tell which is made where (particularly the >>lenses). I am not Canadian if that helps. > >We will forgive you, being new and all. :-) > >Canadian, German makes no difference. The Canadian factory in Midland, >Ontario IS an original Leica factory. Some of the best Leica lenses were >created there, let alone manufactured there, by Walter Mandler and friends. >The 180 Apo Telyt, the Noctilux, etc. Only the anal retentive require a >lens to be made in Germany. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO > Dear Eric, Can U say the same for Leica lenses made in Japan ? Rgds TMLee