I worked for Honeywell when they were the importer for both Pentax and Rollei. While I worked in a totally different part of the company I did enjoy the employee pricing.
jm >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Why Pentax Takumar Screw lenses were/are all so good? >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:04:42 -0500 > >Nobody came up with the answer to my quiz why >the Pentax Takumar Screw mount lenses were/are all >so good? > >Answer : They were 200% optical bench tested >before being sold in USA. Thats right, 200%. > >Every single final assembled Takumar Lens >was optically bench tested at the Asahi >factory in Japan before being imported into >the USA by Honeywell. THEN, once Honeywell >got them, Every single lens was optically bench tested AGAIN >by Honeywell before being put for sale in >USA. This is why ( along with the superb build >quality ) there is such consistant high optical quality for these >lenses as the dogs were all rejected in the process. > >I doubt that many lenses today are subjected to >such high quality control. I am sure expensive >ones still are, but not the entire lens series. >It would be way too costly in today's market I would >especially when the build quality of many lenses >( especially budget models ) would create more rejects. > >This brings up another thought, wouldnt it have been >cool to work in that test dept and have a company >discount to purchase the lenses? I mean, if a given >lens had to meet say, 75 lp/mm to pass test, and they >typically ran say, 80 to 85 lp/mm, what would be cool >would be to sit aside and buy the occasional 90 to 95 lp/mm >lens that might have squeaked thru once in a while. >Employees get to buy the "gems" so to speak! I wonder if this actually >occured, or maybe Pentax or Honeywell permitted it? That >would interesting to find out. > >jco > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
