Hi Peter,
I believe the 15mm Takumar lens for 35mm is the same as the Zeiss,
whether this was a collaboration or not I do not know but I imagine
amortising the design costs of such a very expensive to make lens
would make sense to both, particularly with the low sales volume
inevitable for such an esoteric expensive piece. I believe Leica used
the same design too until quite recently.
Frank
On 27 Apr, 2006, at 04:21, 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
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