Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:21 AM 7/27/2001 +0200, you wrote: >A question however: how can you be so certain as to say that Contax Zeiss is >using Schott glass for their lenses? I thought that, by now, most Contax >"Carl Zeiss" lenses were made by Kyocera in Japan (and a handful in >Oberkochten by Zeiss Germany) ? And presumably also with other glass makers' >glass (Hoya among them) ? This is new to me. The lenses are produced in Japan, under license. As far as I know, none are produced in Germany. They still use Schott glass and the manufacture is directed or supervised by engineers from Carl Zeiss. I stay up on Contax as it is a personal favorite (I know, sacrilege) even though I also shoot an M6 and some older bodies as well. FWIW, I almost became a Contax dealer, but their US marketing department really ticked me off - two months of "The contracts are in the mail" and I told them to... well, I still like the glass. Kevin M. Bell www.camera-collectors.com 1-877-977-5091