Re: A thinner sensor stack may be possible after all!
Lee Saxon wrote: sebboh wrote:
cosina is building all of zeiss\'s lenses except the zm 15/2.8 (made in germany) and the AF ones that are made by sony and fuji.
all the zm (except 85/2 and 15/2.8), ZE, and ZF are made by cosina in japan.
even worse, most of the old zeiss lenses were made by other companies in japan (contax) or singapore (rollei).
\"even worse\" ? I think Cosina is doing a spectacular job. The stuff they make themselves under the Voigtlander brand is well made too.
Also, I thought the cine lenses (not the rehoused ZF\'s, the real ones) were still made in Germany? And I thought the Japan thing started with the C/Y lenses and the ZF/ZE/etc line growing out of that once it ended; I had no idea the classic Hasselblad / Rollei stuff wasn\'t even German. Not that it really matters though, all you get for the increasingly absurd German price premium, at least these days, is awful quality control, if the stories about Leica are true.
the \"even worse\" was sarcasm, i don\'t care where a lens was made. i was trying to point out the silliness of questioning the zeissiness of various designs by where they are manufactured.
as far as i know manufacture in japan was started with c/y. prior to that 35mm rollei production was done in singapore. i have no idea about medium format or cine equipment other than that my rolleicord was made in germany.
Feb 08, 2015 at 11:23 PM
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