Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]==On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jan Decher wrote: > >>The whole thing with Leica Germany being so much better than anything made >>in Japan is really bogus. > > If stated simply as 'county of origin' then I agree. ?Optical and > mechanical design and manufacturing QC are what matter, not the culture or > currency or language of the people making them. ?One of the best 80-200mm > f/4 zoom lenses ever made was the Leica Vario-Elmar, made in Japan to > Leica's specs and with Leica's QC. > >>And then this whole hoax with the compeletely unaffordable S2 and >>abolishing >>the entire R line that many here came to love and rely on! > > There's a reason many of us came to rely on the R system, and it's not > because of the language of the people making them. ?They produce the > results we want, results we weren't getting with other camera systems. > ?All the other camera systems are either made in Japan or made for > Japanese companies in lower-cost countries so when typing fingers are > getting tired it's often convenient to lump the other makers together as > 'Japan'. ?It's not the countries we're comparing, its the design, QC and > target markets of the products' manufacturers. ?It's unfortunate that the > comparison can devolve so easily into Japan vs. Germany, but at its root > that's not what it is. > > Doug Herr > Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > +1 I'm with Doug. Except he's in California and I'm in Oklahoma. --Bob