mailhans Posted September 20, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello there, i might have a bit of an obvious question for all the die-hard Leica fans out there (which would make the answering quite easy and simple), but i'm curious about the difference between Leica and Leitz lenses. You can see see some difference by looking at the pictures online (made in canada, different shapes), but what are the differences in quality of the lens, the value and the quality of the images, if there are any? I searched the internet and this forum for previous articles about this sort of question, but couldn't find any... Thanks for responding, Hans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Hi mailhans, Take a look here Difference between Leica & Leitz. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
earleygallery Posted September 20, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 20, 2007 No differences due to the name, if the same lens is branded Leitz or Leica. They just changed their branding - Leica is made up of 'Leitz Camera'. Obviously the earlier lenses (Leitz) may differ from later designs which will be branded Leica. The names such as Elmar, Elmarit, Summilux, Summicron, Summarit etc refer to lens design, specifically the maximum aperture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 20, 2007 Share #3 Posted September 20, 2007 The changing from Leitz to Leica brand was related only to the changes in the shareolders' structure of the Company, that dates to the '80s, when Leitz family sold the control stakes to the first of a series of new investors (for the record, the first buyers were the Schmiedheiny family, a rather reclusive swiss financial powerhouse whose main asset is the cement company Holcim, one of the 2 or 3 biggest worldwide). The changover didn't reflect at all to the products .... the typical example is the Leica M6: first production batches had the name "Leitz", then it was simply changed to "Leica", and the same, in due course, happened to lenses, enlargers, binoculars and so. The history of the changovers of the Company after the Leitz family give-up is interesting in itself, and can be found easily in books and articles: for what is concerning the "photo and binoculars" sector, the main event was in the first years of '90s, when the divisions in the microscope sector and in geo surveying systems were completely separated from the camera company, retaining the Leica name (and both still existing today) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailhans Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted September 22, 2007 thanks for the insight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.