[rollei_list] Re: 'Old' Zeiss glass question... HFT and T*
- From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:30:24 -0400
At 08:21 PM 4/26/06 -0700, Peter K. wrote:
>Were there any other joint work between Asahi and Zeiss? Just wondering
>because Asahi made some marvelous lenses so it would be interesting to find
>out if Zeiss were behind any of it. Peter K
Peter
I don't believe that the coöperation extended to optical design. Zeiss
wanted Asahi to build a jointly designed camera and to produce
Zeiss-designed lenses for it in Japan. In those days, Zeiss was making
well over 90% of their income from non-photographic production but the head
of the Zeiss Foundation, the CEO of the combine, had come up through Zeiss
Ikon, so there was a corporate interest in maintaining a prestige presence
in the photographic field.
Asahi decided that their home market would never accept Japanese-built
lenses as "real" Zeiss lenses, so the deal foundered on that. Zeiss and
Asahi parted friends and have continued to coöperate on a smaller scale
ever since. Zeiss, of course, next turned to Yashica, and the result was
the Contax RTS SLR.
Marc
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