Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien, I was quoting from the sales literatures given to Leica dealers like myself. All the Japanese-made Vario-Elmars are described as 'Designed by Leica, Made in Japan'. The VE 28-70/3.5-4.5 is certainly based on an original design by Sigma, but Leica may have altered the optical design very slightly so the lens is now described as 'Designed by Leica'. Cheers, Joseph on 12/5/00 7:28 pm, Lucien at director@ubi.edu wrote: > Joseph, > > I'm not sure the optical part of the VE 28-70/3.5-4.5 > Current version (11364) was designed by Leica. > I thing it's still based on the Sigma design of the first version. > > Is Kyocera still making all the zooms for Leica? > I heard that is not the case anymore, but didn't find any > other evidence. > > Lucien