Sorry,
Just a feeble attempt at emphasizing they're not "Zeiss" in any manner
other than a name printed on them. These lenses have come up a few times
in the past and will likely continue to as do other questions (due to list
turnover).
More my disappointment that Zeiss Jena VEB was willing to prostitute their
name in that manner and damage their reputation. Although their own
post-war lenses (made in Jena) were a bit spotty with build quality at
times, they did make some good ones (but not in OM mount). IMO, the better
ones were primes based on designs that pre-dated the end of WWII, which
Zeiss Jena VEB was allowed to continue using following all the intellectual
properties lawsuits . . . minus the trademarked lens names.
Yes . . . much like the Cosina-made lenses that came out with the OM-2000
in terms what they did . . . buy lenses and put their badge on it . . . but
with better build and performance that was more like the generic Vivitar
lenses from that era.
-- John
At 01:16 PM 8/15/03, you wrote:
-----Original Message-----
>From: John A. Lind
>Subject: Re: [OM] Zeiss Jena OM zoom
>
>
>It's ***NOT*** a "Zeiss" lens, in manufacture or design, or
>technically in
>name either.
>
No need to yell, John.
It's like the current Zuiko 35-70/3.5-4.8, in other words...
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