Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, some of the exotic lenses are still made in Germany. Or at least, they carry the label 'Made in Germany', but perhaps it's old stock. They are: 16/2.8 fisheye 15/3.5 35/2.8 shift 300/2.8 500/4.5 mirror - --- Bob mailto:bob@web-options.com Friday, July 27, 2001, 5:11:59 PM, you wrote: > At 10:21 AM 7/27/2001 +0200, you wrote: > 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