Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And pretty soon, they will be marked neither "made in Germany" nor "made in Portugal" but "made in EU", won't they! That will be a crushing news for the nitpickers! Hey, everybody hang on to your "made in Germany" M6's and R8's; it doesn't matter that it was actually made in Portugal and adjusted and passed through quality control in Germany, it still qualifies as a collector's item! Cheers, Lucian Pascal wrote: > On 05-02-2001 00:16, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > > >Do tell us which lenses you saw being made in Portugal - M or R? Anything > >specific? > > Here is a quote from the Leica FY 1999-2000 report: > > "To the extent the know-how and technological competence of this > production facility have continuously increased during the course of more > than two and a half decades, more and more production operations have > been moved over there. After commencing with microscopes and compact > binoculars, the Portuguese operations began the manufacture of complete > camera sub-assemblies. Today, important sub-assemblies for the Leica M > and R cameras are manufactured in Portugal. Due to comprehensive > construction measures, the massive investments in machinery and > commitment of the Portuguese employees, it became possible to manufacture > lens sub-assemblies and spare parts with the first class quality for > which stands "Made by Leica"." > > Note also that all new R8 cameras are allegedly being fully made in > Portugal. > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > --------- > Visit my Leica pages at http://members.nbci.com/cyberplace > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>>