Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:20 PM 6/3/98 +0900, you wrote: >Why? Our friendly photons don't know or care whether the glass was >poured in the suburb of Tokyo or Wetzler. To me, a piece of engineering >is just not about where the components are made. It's the >implementation and and execution that really matter. If Hoya is capable >of producing elements consistently to the spec, I don't care if it's in >my Summicron. I would submit they aren't. They are a glass maker, not a lens maker. The grinding, coating and other specs are done by Leica, unless Leica would tell us otherwise. They don't seem embarrassed to say when it's being done with other lenses. So why would they not with this lens? Did these people making such a claim give any evidence besides hearsay? If so, let's see it. Otherwise, let's not spread rumors. Leica has specifically said what has changed was the metal parts, not the glass parts. They have no agenda to hide their sources. Who would I believe? Leica, or some camera salesman? I'd take Leica. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Actual newspaper headline, 1/17/77: "Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures"