[rollei_list] Singapore-made HFT lenses

At 03:31 PM 4/27/06 +0000, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:

>Anyway, I have no doubt that Rollei manufactured
>lenses with Rollei HFT multicoating for the SL 35 and
>the Voigtländer VSL because I had in my hands a Planar
>1.8/50 HFT made by Rollei in Singapore.
>
>Here is a list of three lenses for Rollei 35 SL and
>Voigtländer cameras provided with serial numbers
>manufactured by Rollei in Singapore:
>
>Rollei-HFT 1100696 Made by Rollei Planar 1,8/50 Made
>by Rollei Singapore 
>Rollei-HFT 1168427 Made by Rollei Planar 1,8/50 Lens
>made in Singapore 
>Voigtländer COLOR-ULTRON 1,8/50 2413319 Lens made in
>Singapore 
>

First, the Voigtländer lens is not a Zeiss lens and is outside our present
range of conversation.

Second, I have no question that some few HFT lenses were made in Singapore
but these would be very few in number.  You have made the case for the
1.8/50 Planar and Prochnow does illustrate a Singapore-built 1.4/50 HFT
Planar but I am not familiar with any other Singapore-produced HFT QBM
lenses.  (For that matter, my own 1.4/50 HFT Planar was made in Singapore.)

Prochnow simply states that the Rollei-produced lenses were made at the
"Lizenzbau" without identifying Braunschweig or Singapore.

I just do not believe that there was an extensive production of HFT QBM
lenses, other than the 50mm Planars, in Singapore.

But I am prepared to be proven wrong!

Marc

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