Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 27 June 2000, Dan Cardish wrote: > > Considering that the Noctilux was designed in Canada, and that all of the > expertise that went into its design is presumably still in Canada (at > Elcan), I'm not so sure that I'd covet a "Made in Germany" label on it. > > > Dan C. > Elcan's website suggests but does not state specifically that Leica products are still made at the ELCAN facility in Midland: http://www.elcan.com/Products/Photography/photography.html Weren't some of the early 90mm APO-ASPH Summicrons marked "Made in Canada"? > At 09:56 AM 27-06-00 -0700, Stephen Gandy wrote: > >the story as I understand it: > > > >#1 Leica sold Elcan to Hughes in 1990 > >#2 per sale terms, Hughes agreed to continue making some Leica lenses for > five > >years, to 1995. Unfortunately, these lenses do not have "Howard Hughes" > >engravings, which collectors would have gone nuts over. > >#3 Hughes sold Elcan to Raytheon > >#4 not sure if Leica lens production continued past the initial five year > period > >or not, but at some point in time lens production was apparently transferred > >back to Germany. Even this may not be entirely true, since we have no way of > >knowing if some lens components are still in fact made by Elcan. I can't > but > >wonder how many Leica components can be made in other countries before the > >camera or lens is not allowed to use the coveted "Made in Germany" label. > >#5 Elcan continues to be a leader in optical technology, visit > >http://www.elcan.com/About_ELCAN/about_elcan.html > > > >Stephen Gandy > > > >"Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote: > > > >> Simon, > >> > >> The latest shipment of Noctilux I received from Leica four weeks ago were > >> all Canadian made. The serial numbers are all #381xxxx. > >> > >> I am under the impression that Leica still has a number of Canadian made > >> Noctilux in stock. I am not sure if the production in Germany has started. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Joseph Y. > >> > >> on 27/6/00 9:25 pm, CIS at s_lamb@compuserve.com wrote: > >> > >> > I am considering picking up a Noctilux froma local dealer today but I > >> > noticed on the casing (not the box) that it says Made in Canada. I know > >> > that production in Canada ceased afew years ago. I am being told that > this > >> > is a brand new, latest model. Do any of you Noctilux owners have any > >> > knowledge on this? Does your lens say Made in Canada? > >> > > >> > Thanks. > >> > > >> > Simon > >> > > >> > Amateur efforts at http://www.phoenixdb.co.uk/leica > >> > > > > > > > Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/