On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Raimo Korhonen wrote: > And I still have a suspicion that the Pentax limiteds may be made by Cosina.
Interesting. I presumed Ashahi had its own lens plant... In a situation like the above, who does what? Who designs the actual optical charactoristics of teh lens? Who builds the prototypes? The regular line? Who quality controls, and where does the coating come in? IE, is it the design and prototype would be done by Pentax, or Leitz, or whomever, then given to Cosina/Sigma/etc for mass production? Does it go back to the mother company to have coatings applied, or do Cosina have their own machines do it to the Pentax spec? -g. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
