At 09:22 AM 11-08-99 +0800, "Steve Worner" <sworner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I became aware of Zeiss lenses in the early 80s through the motion picture
>industry - their reputation as a lens maker is enormous. I have a (very)
vague
>recollection of Carl Zeiss still camera lenses being marketed for remarkably
>(by Carl Zeiss standards) low prices in a range of mounts about that time,
and
>finding out that they were 'manufactured under licence' in Japan, so I'd be
>inclined to determine (if possible) whether it's a 'German' or 'Japanese'
>Zeiss lens.
Has this anything to do with the two competing Houses of Zeiss .... the one
in the former Federal Republic of Germany and the other in the former DDR?
jh
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