Thanks for the research!
John
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From: Richard Ross <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Carl Zeiss lenses?
> John H wrote:
> >The lens cap (metal) said Carl Zeiss / Jena and seemed nicely made. It
was
> >a 35-135 and cost her around $160 (several years ago). I was not able
to
> >check the name ring for country of origin.
>
> A trawl of the archives produced a 1984 issue of Amateur Photographer with
> a full page advert for "Zeiss Jenazoom Lenses". Quote "Today Zeiss have
> introduced a range of lenses which they have had maufactured to their
> specifications in Japan, which incorporates the very finest traditions,
the
> total experience, of over 100 years continuous lens production. Designed
> to complement virtually every SLR camera manufactured - available for
> Praktica, Canon, Olympus, Nikon ..." etc. It draws comparisons with the
> world famous "Tessar" of the 1900s.
>
> The sole UK distributors were Carl Zeiss Jena Ltd, the UK arm of the East
> German Zeiss company. The ad features a "75-300mm f4.5-5.6 MC Macro
> Jenazoom", with 13 elements in 10 groups, a filter size of 58mm and
> weighing 690g. It doesn't mention any others specifically.
>
> A dealer ad in the same issue lists the following (prices in UKP)
> 28mm f2.8 43.95
> 35-70 f3.5 69.95
> 35-135 f3.5 139.95
> 70-210 f4.5 94.95
>
> As a comparison, the same ad lists a Sigma Synchro-II 35-135 f3.5 at the
> same priceas its Zeiss equivalent. This may or may not be an indication
of
> quality and/or origin :-)
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>
>
>
> Richard Ross
> Hemel Hempstead, England
> rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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