Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:27 PM 6/6/98 +0100, you wrote: >Are you sure folks ?? > >Did somebody ever saw a German Noctilux f/1 ? Yes. Walter Mandler designed the lens in Canada. He also had a hand in the 180 Apo Telyt 3.4, and many other superb Canadian designs. The factory in Canada has not been owned by Leica for some time, and production of most M stuff moved to Germany. But what does it matter? - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Mi.caw.ber n [Wilkins Micawber, character in the novel David Copperfield (1849-50) by Charles Dickens : 1852] : one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune