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From: "Tim Chakravorty" <suchismit@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 17 November, 2002 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 50mm f2 vs 3.5
> Not to forget that Nikon also made lenses for Canon cameras , before Canon
started
> making their own lenses.
>
> -Tim
That was the time when "Made in Japan" was code for complete junk, much like
Trabant cars from the DDR and such like.
>
> > It is said that Nikon got itself on the map originally by producing
> > lenses for Leica rangefinders that were sharper and much cheaper than
> > the German variety and selling them to news photographers.
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