Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]from where we stand in the 21st century it's hard to believe that kodak once made serious professional cameras and lenses. the original hasselblad (1600) was equipped with a 80mm kodak ektar 2.8 and the 135mm ektar 3.5 was also offered. i am curious as to whether people use any of the kodak stuff, the retinas or medallists, or whatever. it would be kind of fun to own a collector camera made right here in the U S of A. - -rei > From: "Wang, Albert" <Albert.Wang@ibx.com> > > So guys, what do you think about the relative comparison between the > Americans' ability vs. the German's ability to produce the highest quality > optical lens during the 1940's? I am not technically proficient so I can't > comment about lens tests this guy claims to have performed. Is it believable > that Kodak could have done a much better optical job than Leica did?