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[OM] Re: - Panasonic / Leica 14-150 lens for 4/3

Subject: [OM] Re: - Panasonic / Leica 14-150 lens for 4/3
From: "Sandy Harris" <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:41:47 +0800
On 3/22/07, ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is it just me or are lenses from different manufacturers starting to
> look even more alike than ever before?  Other than the distinct Leica
> typeface, this one looks similar to a C@non consumer lens.
>
> Is it possible that my 'nudge-nudge/wink-wink' theory that there are
> only a couple factories making lenses (or most other products for that
> matter) and they simply change the names to protect the, uh, innocent?

I read one web claim that Nikon and Cosina are the only companies
in Japan that actually make their own lenses. Sounds  improbable
to me, but who knows?

-- 
Sandy Harris
Quanzhou, Fujian, China

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