Re: [Leica] Did Kodak at one time beat Leica in terms of lens quality???

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

I know that there are people on this list who do not consider digital
equipment "serious professional" equipment - but Kodak definitely makes
some serious professional equipment in the digital arena.

B. D.

Rei Shinozuka wrote:
> 
> 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?