[rollei_list] OT: 16mm Contax G/G2 Lens
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:18:45 -0400
At 12:11 PM 7/24/2010, Peter K. wrote:
Probably has to do with tooling as to why the
16mm is German made. For a lens like that there
is probably far less demand so it would NOT make
sense to shift it's manufacture to Japan. Too
costly and the return too little. For the other
focal lengths yes, as they were more in demand
and could be made more cost effectively.
Peter
The 16mm involved hair-thin elements, and so
Zeiss kept production in Germany. They had
thought it would be a low-demand lens but they
were wrong, wrong, wrong, as conversions to other
mounts, especially Leica M, appeared. Zeiss had
planned on a single production run but had to do
two more over the next several years to meet the
very high demand. Even so, supply never met
demand, and the lens has held its value a decade after production ceased.
Marc
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