Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, she's a biggie alright. Canadian chrome. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montie" Subject: [Leica] Re: 35 Summicron Question > Thanks Chris...that 90, is that the big one that mounts to a tri-pod? > Montie > ---------------------- > Chris Williams wrote: > Canadian engineering surpasses any other country by far. And the glass is > sharper in cold weather to capture dominating skating on > ponds throughout Canada. > > Leitz setup shop in Canada to avoid the higher costs of manufacturing > everything in Germany. The Noctilux was born there. I have a > 90/f2 Made in Canada which is very sharp. > > Your 4th version Summicron was a new optical design and lens body built in > Canada. Later Leica moved the 35 f/2 Summicron back to > Germany when they introduced the ASPH version. > > Chris