Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not sure the old lenses were made to a lower standard. I believe that in order to achieve the standard, however, selective assembly had to be employed, which would be prohibitively costly at to-days wage levels. Thankfully modern machinery makes the requirement redundant. Frank On 17 Jan, 2005, at 20:57, Frank Filippone wrote: > This is what you pay Leica the big bucks for... and why it is better > to buy > a currently manufactured Leica lens rather than say a 40-50-60-70 year > old > lens.... Manufacturing tolerances are much tighter today than they > were 50 > years ago. The sample variation is therefore tighter. It does NOT > mean > that you would always get a dog or a near perfect lens in the older > lenses, > but the variation was greater. Today the lens variation is really low. > Result is that you almost always get a really good lens. > > Tight manufacturing tolerances cost. They are not free. The results > are > worth it. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > I really think there is considerable sample variation in the CV lenses. > I am super impressed by my 15mm but many have criticised it. I had a > hideous 50mm Nokton but my 75 and 35 f2.5 are great. > Frank > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >