[rollei_list] Re: Zeiss Ikon OOB in 1971
- From: "Austin Franklin" <austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:46:55 -0400
Hi Marc,
I'm hard pressed to believe that all the "Made In Germany" Contax RTS lenses
I've seen over the years are "market test models", unless they made *quite*
a few of them. In the RTS world, the "Made In Germany" versions of the
lenses bring premium.
You certainly can check eBay to see that quite a significant number of RTS
lenses offered are "Made In Germany".
Regards,
Austin
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> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc James Small
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> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Zeiss Ikon OOB in 1971
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>
> At 07:57 AM 7/22/2010, Austin Franklin wrote:
> >Hi Marc,
> >
> >> Save for the exotics -- extreme telephotos and
> >> extreme wide-angles -- all Contax RTS lenses were
> >> made in Japan from Japanese
> >> glass.
> >
> >I've had 35/1.4, 85/1.4, 15/3.5, 100/2, 16/2.8, 18/4, 200/4,
> 300/4, 85/2.8,
> >100/4, 180/2.8, 25/2.8, 28/2, 135/2, 60/2.8, 70-210/3.5, 40-80/3.5 all
> >saying "Made In Germany" on the barrel. Some of those fall into exotic,
> >extreme telephoto or extreme wide-angle certainly, but some don't.
>
> Do not believe everything you read on the lens barrels!
>
> When a new lens was introduced, initial
> production was in Germany but it soon shifted to
> Japan. Thus, there were a few non-exotic lenses
> which were made in Germany and so marked -- but
> these were market test models, and who would want
> to own such? Do you buy a car on the day it is introduced? <he grins>
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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