Jena was the original location of Zeiss - following the war and the division
of Germany the two separate entities were formed. Hence the disagreements
over trademarks etc. While West German Zeiss optics have been a cut above,
the Jena optical products I have owned (binoculars) and handled have been
very good.
Cheers,
Lee
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From: dreammoose <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
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To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Carl Zeiss Jena 28-85/4-5 zoom
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:38:02 -0700
Carl Zeiss Jena was the East German side. I believe the name could not be
used on lenses imported and sold in the US (& Canada?) because of trademark
conflict with the other Carl Zeiss. I seem to recall that the CZJ zooms were
characterized as run of the mill in general, but I don't remember any
specifics - or if there were any. Sounds like you should be looking for a
backup, if you keep dropping it. Safety cord or net help?
Moose
Benson Russell wrote:
Still very much like to get some feed back from list members on this one,
even if it's just to say 'funny, never heard of it!'
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