Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of lens quality???
From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspainewebber.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 15:33:46 -0400 (EDT)

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?

Replies: Reply from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of lens quality???)
Reply from "Barney Quinn, Jr." <barney@ncep.noaa.gov> (Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of lens quality???)