dpetrzelka
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Is there a difference optically/mechanically between the German and Canadian IV (fourth) version 35/2 Summicron-M?
Was one produced in significantly fewer numbers?
Was one produced in significantly fewer numbers?
They shouldn't be. I don't have this lens but the Canadian-made Leica lenses I've used have all been excellent.dpetrzelka said:Is there a difference optically/mechanically between the German and Canadian IV (fourth) version 35/2 Summicron-M?
Joe said:Time to wake up M. Valdemar
M. Valdemar said:The German one was made by elves in the Black Forest using a secret ritual which makes the lens much sharper.
Otherwise they are identical.
ferider said:The German ones were designed in Canada by a Canadian 🙂
Nikon Bob said:Dr. Walter Mandler and other key staff came to Canada from Germany to set up ELCAN. I wonder if he ever took out Canadian Citizenship?
Nikon Bob said:From what I have read the 35mm Summicrons up to version IV were designed by Dr. Walter Mandler while working at ELCAN in Midland Ontario. I would think that the ones manufactured in Germany were the same optically and may have even been assembled from parts brought in from Canada. Dr. Walter Mandler and other key staff came to Canada from Germany to set up ELCAN. I wonder if he ever took out Canadian Citizenship? Sure would make me proud if he did considering his stature as a lens designer. I would also think that mechanical quality is the same aside from the fact that we do not have the benefit of the Black Forest elves here.
Bob
venchka said:The Canadian made examples are better.
How's that for starting a myth on Al Gore's internet?
I doubt that matters to the film anyway.
Hacker said:... the radioactivity in the glass seems to induce a property very akin to using lead.
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