[Leica] Re: 35 Summicron Question

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Thanks Henning...BTW what are the "Russian ones"??
>Are they illegal copies or something?
>
>Montie
>-------------
>Henning wrote:
>Watch out for the Russian ones.
>
>Otherwise there's no difference. Each lens (version) was designed one
>time, with the main team either in Wetzlar/Solms or Midland. Then it
>was generally manufactured in one country or the other. Sometimes
>production was moved part way through the run, but the quality was
>the same.
>
>At certain times the main design team was either in Germany or
>Canada, and the designs from that era came from that country. The
>design team and production were generally located in the same country.
>

Forgot to add: :-) :-)

ie, don't pay too much for Summicrons made in Zenit factories.


:-)

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