Thanks, Jacques. That's the kind of information I was hoping to elicit
(in addition to first-hand user reports...)
Bob Woodburn
Jacques Leonard designer wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Robert E. Woodburn wrote:
> >
> >|Hi OM'ers -
> >|
> >|Have any of you had any experience with the Zeiss 28-80 f4 zoom for OM?
> >|If so, how would you evaluate it?
> >|
> >|I saw one recently on an auction site (no sale - reserve not met).
>
> >
> >I've never heard of Zeiss lenses made for Olympus. Could this be an
> >original Zeiss for Contax/Yashica which was modified for the Olympus
> >OM mount?
>
> Hi,
> Last November, I was offered a Zeiss 75-300 f.4 for Olympus ($175.Can BTW).
> I had the same questioning. A fellow OM-user gave me the following answer:
>
> This question came up before (on another list I think). The answer was
> that these lenses are *not* Carl Zeiss, GmbH (of Stuttgart and of the Zeiss
> Foundation). These lenses were made by a Japanese company *for* Carl Zeiss
> Jena, VEB (of Jena in East Germany). CZJ prostituted its good name in
> hopes of getting more western sales where it was allowed to use the name
> "Zeiss" without running afoul of trademark laws.
>
> If it is marked with "Zeiss," it could not have been sold in the U.S. (CZJ
> had been forbidden to use "Zeiss" in the U.S. by then) but was probably
> originally sold in one of several European countries. I'll bet if you
> inquire with the owner, it will be marked "Carl Zeiss Jena" or something
> with "Jena" in it.
>
> The reputation on these lenses is they are not bad, but average as third
> party 3x and 4x zooms go. Make no mistake, though. They are not real,
> true Carl Zeiss *or* Carl Zeiss Jena lenses and are not deserving of the
> legendary "Zeiss" reputation. They are *not* any of the legendary Zeiss
> lens designs.
>
> I hope this answer will help you,
>
> Jacques Leonard
> ===============
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>
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>
> PS: I forgot to give you the name of the OM-user who gave me this answer
> it's John A. Lind
> so thanks for a second time John!
>
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