From: "Artur Ledóchowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Minolta is one of the few major camera manufacturers in the world who make > their very own lenses" > I know three major optical glass manufacturers: Cosina, Hoya and Carl Zeiss. > I also know that the camera producers buy glass from them. So, any other > camera maker produces its own glass? Does it pay at all? I suppose making > own glass requires great expenses on the technology, organisation, logistics > etc.
Pentax and Olympus also "make their very own lenses". As to making the optical glass blanks, I don't know. Regards, Bob... --------------------------------------------------- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
