Austin,In other words, are you going to believe your lying eyes, or what Marc insists is true?
Robert On Jul 22, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Marc James Small wrote:
At 08:46 AM 7/22/2010, Austin Franklin wrote: >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".I don't give a flying damn about eBay. I care about what Zeiss published, which is that non-exotic Contax RTS lenses were made at the old Taminon Plant in Kyocera. And Alan Nomano, Kyocera's head of marketing, certainly said that as well.I was unaware that anyone still bought or used the Contax RTS system. Wonders never cease! When Kyocera dumped it, you couldn't give the gear away.Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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