Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:26:31 GMT, in rec.photo.equipment.35mm bachchaconne@my-dejanews.com wrote: Some PhD keeps making this claim in a medium-format group. Can Leicaphiles confirm or disprove? Andrew. On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 19:12:35 GMT, in rec.photo.equipment.medium-format see.signature@bottom.com (gary gaugler) wrote: >On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 16:44:15 GMT, bachchaconne@my-dejanews.com wrote: > >>On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 04:28:37 GMT, see.signature@bottom.com (gary >>gaugler) wrote: >> >>>On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 04:35:04 +0100, "WEILL" <frpawe@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >> >><snip> >> >>>And a motor winder for another $500? Not to mention that the Leica >>>lenses cost about 3 times more than Contax Zeiss lenses....and they >>>both come from the same factory. >> >>Leica lenses are made in Solms, Germany while Contax/Zeiss lenses are >>primarily made in Japan by Kyocera. Nowadays Zeiss does not make >>anything (not even Hologon) for Leica or vice versa. >> >>Andrew. >> >> >>(To reply, remove "bach" from address.) > > >According to my visit, Leica lenses are made in the same factory in >Japan by Kyocera as are the Zeiss lenses for Contax. The 300/4 Contax >is still made in Germany. Probably some of the Leica lenses are as >well. But the bulk of production is from Japan it seems. Maybe this >has changed for Leica lenses since I was last updated. > >Gary Gaugler, Ph.D. On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 21:20:50 GMT, in rec.photo.equipment.medium-format see.signature@bottom.com (gary gaugler) wrote: >On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 21:06:28 GMT, see.signature@bottom.com (gary >gaugler) wrote: > >>On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:53:06 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi >><godfrey.digiorgi@eng.sun.com> wrote: >> >>>Someone is adapting the Zeiss Hologon 16mm for Leica M mount. I've seen >>>it advertised before. The Hologon 16mm and all the MF Zeiss lenses >>>(don't know about the new Contax 645 series, though) are all made in >>>Germany, not at Kyocera in Japan. At least that was my understanding >>>when last I discussed it with the Zeiss folks at a photo show. >>> >>>Godfrey >> >Edited and re-posted....Leica, not Zeiss....sorry. > >Nope. Look at a new Leica lens. Right on the barrel by the aperture >ring it says "Made in Japan." That sounds like Not Made In Germany to >me. Like I said, there are a couple of lenses made in Germany. Same >for Contax. But the majority of recent vintage production lenses are >made in Japan. The earlier units were indeed made in Germany. > > >Gary Gaugler, Ph.D. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Modern surfers use PC boards....you can too at > > http://photoweb.net > > E-mail: gaugler@calweb dot com (To reply, remove "bach" from address.)