Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc As we all (should) know, raw glass is just a small part of what makes a fine lens. I believe that there are some people out there that refer to the entire lens as "glass". Except of course, Austin. who refers to his "lense". Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > At 01:16 PM 2/14/03 -0800, kevin wrote: > >now what i want to know is, who makes better glass: > >zeiss, schneider, or leitz? > > That one is easily answered. CZ and JSK both use Schott glass; Leica uses > Schott glass for around 90% of its production and around 10% comes from > Schott-licensed Hoya glasses. > > Schott, of course, is a Zeiss subsidiary, so, in the end, Zeiss makes all > of the glasses these guys use. > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html