Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:19:19 -0500
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At 09:16 PM 1/30/2001 -0500, Margaret Jeffcoat wrote:
>BTW it was my understand that Leica
>made their own glass.

No, they don't, Wilber.  They DESIGN their own glasses when necessary, but
the glass is actually produced elsewhere.  In general, Leica has tended to
use stock glasses from the Schott catalogue, some of which are now actually
produced by Hoya.  

Marc

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Replies: Reply from "Margaret Jeffcoat" <margaret01@excelonline.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: 50 mm f/1.4)
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