Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 08:26 PM 2/4/98 +0100, Bert Keuken wrote: >>Did you know that Contax has stopped producing the G-Hologon? If you want >>to have a converted one (and can afford it) hurry! > >Bert > >What is your source for this? It is customary for Zeiss (and Leica) to >manufacture lenses in batches, so that one batch may be made in, say, 1993 >and the next in 1998. It is rare for a lens to be in production >continuously for years. > >So, is it possible that what you have heard is that Zeiss has ceased >production between batches? Or did you hear that the lens is being dropped >from their lens line for the G1/G2? > >Marc My source is an ad from Foto Schaja (Munich, Germany) in the "Sonderheft Leica M6" (inside front cover). While not straight from the horse's mouth I've no reason to question their statement. The text can't be interpreted as a misprint IMHO. According to the ad from Foto Schaja: "... als wir von Seiten der Contax zu hoeren bekamen, daB die Serie auslaeuft. Bedauerlicherweise." and "Den Fertigungsstop bei Carl Zeiss koennen wir uns nur so erklaeren ..." and "Also es bleibt dabei: einzigartige Optik, bald schon wieder nicht mehr zu haben, Eile tut Not." The keyword here is "Fertigungsstop", to me that means end of production. You could try Foto Schaja for more information: schaja@compumedia.de or perhaps one of our German subscribers knows more? ========= Bert Keuken