Many of the Zeiss camera lenses were made in Japan and the quality is not
like their West German optics. I have their 100-500 zoom and it's OK. I have
not done detailed comparison tests. I like it for back-country use because
it's light in weight. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Andrew Gullen
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:03 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Information on a Carl Zeiss lens for OM
on 2004/09/14 2:13 PM, Geilfuss Charles at
Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have no first-hand experience with this lens, but as I understand
> it, the Jena lenses were all made in Japan during a difficult period for
> Carl Zeiss in which they sold their name for profit.
I don't know about any Japanese production, but Carl Zeiss Jena was made in
East Germany. I gather some of the factories ended up on each side of the
line, so there were effectively two companies after the war. German list
members...?
[OT] My local camera store had a Kiev 6x6 for sale at a good price with two
Jena lenses, one short and one long. I still regret my mortgage persuaded me
to pass them up. The glass looked breathtaking. I bought a TLR instead.
Andrew
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