Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:54 PM 3/20/02 -0800, Photo Phreak wrote: > > to the best of my knowlege, this is not true. Unless >it was sold off during the breakup, Leitz/Leica owned all >or part of a glassworks as a subsidiary. > Leitz owned a glass laboratory, not a glassworks. Leitz, and now Leica, has always used glass from a variety of suppliers -- currently, their two largest are Schott and Hoya but they also use glass from elsewhere. The quality is what matters most, followed by price, of course. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html