Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:49 PM 9/13/99 +0000, Art Sala wrote: >I heard that Zeiss is the only lens manufacturer that has the ability >to grind glass aspheric elements. Not correct. Leica uses two Aspheric grinding machines, so I've heard. One at their old plant in Midland, and one in Solms. That they were greatly overloaded with grinding aspherics was one of the reasons the APO Summicron M 90 mm ASPH took so long to finally come out. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down. - -W. Migner