Canadian Noctolux

[tjphoto]

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I just noticed that my Noctolux is made in Canada. I bought last summer for 1800.00 US,

and it's in very good condition and has the removable lens hood. What's the deal with the Canadian stuff? Is it worth less? Is it lesser quality ?

 

Thanks,

Tim Jones

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[ddp]

AFAIK - all Noctiluxes are made in Canada. From the Luminous Landscape website:

 

"For many years after WWII Leica designed and manufactured many of their lenses at a facility in Midland, Ontario, Canada. Some of Leica's finest optics came from this period during the 60's and 70's, including the Noctilux. I was quite surprised when I received my Noctilux in late 2001 to see that engraved on the lens barrel were the words, "Made in Canada". A bit of enquiry showed that the previous Leica facility, now called Elcan, which is owned and run by Raytheon, is still involved in the design and manufacture of high quality optical systems. In fact they are still building the Noctilux for Leica."

[sisoje]

....What's the deal with the Canadian stuff? Is it worth less? Is it lesser quality ?

 

Thanks,

Tim Jones

 

 

Lesser quality??

Being Canadian, this hurts:eek: ...

 

By this standard, all VWs, Benzs and BMWs should be lemon cars since a lot of them are build (and designed) in USA...

 

My take is, once the product has a "official badge" being that a red dot, or a 3 legged star (and has the price tag to follow) should be the same quality wherever is put together (Germany,USA,Canada,Japan,Taiwan,..) ...

But than again, I might be wrong...

[SteveP]

Also the 35/1.4 (pre-asph) and the 90/2.8 tele-Elmarit among others. Inferior Canadian designs just like the Noct. I'll take it off your hands to spare you the shame. Don't tell tj about the Portugese connection, for heavens sake...

[robsteve]

I think the Canadian Noctilux is the best Noctilux. I also have a Canadian 50mm Summicron, Canadian 180mm APO and Canadian 90mm APO ASH Summicron. All fine and sharp lenses.

[luigi bertolotti]

I just noticed that my Noctolux is made in Canada. I bought last summer for 1800.00 US,

and it's in very good condition and has the removable lens hood. What's the deal with the Canadian stuff? Is it worth less? Is it lesser quality ?

 

Thanks,

Tim Jones

 

Canada made gear has been always good: Ontario was the principal lens design site for a certain time in the '60, and the factory had been setup personally by a Leitz people (Guthert Leitz, seem to remember); some Canda items (IIIf bodiies are one example) are sought after a lot by collectors. Finally, in my opinion some Canada lenses are simply excellent: my favourite two lens set is an Ontario duo: Summilux 35 pre asph chrome and Tele Elmarit 90 chrome.

[tjphoto]

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Thanks to you all. That's great to hear, i was wondering if the low price i had paid was due to it being made in Canada. I guess not. I really like it and am not ready to sell it yet.

Thanks,

 

Tim Jones

[woodyspedden]

I think the Canadian Noctilux is the best Noctilux. I also have a Canadian 50mm Summicron, Canadian 180mm APO and Canadian 90mm APO ASH Summicron. All fine and sharp lenses.

 

Dr Walter Mandler was the shining star of the Leica optics dept and resided in and managed the Leica Midlands facility for many years. A great many of the famous Leica lenses were designed by Dr Mandler both during his terms in Germany and Canada and i doubt the Canadian designed and built lenses were anything but as good or better than the Wetzlar counterparts.

 

Go Noctilux

 

God rest Dr Mandler

 

Woody