Well, I guess that you are kidding. Quality never was a problem with
German lenses. What really caused the death of Germany's camera industry
was cheaper and more innovative (with respect to camera technology)
competition from Japan. The Pentax Spotmatic was a major nail to the
coffin of Zeiss Ikon and others. Interestingly, last year there was a
large story in "Fotomagazin" titled "Durchbruch der Spiegelreflexen"
(Breakthrough of the SLRs). This article reviewed the SLR history and
the contributions from Leica, Zeiss, Nikon, Canon, Olympus and some
others. However, the author managed to fully ignore Pentax. Not a single
word about the Spotmatic! Unbelievable but true. I wrote a letter to the
Magazine which was never answered. However, the Magazine printed one or
two letters of other irritated readers.
The original Fotomagazin "test" of the *ist D was published in the issue
12/2003. If I remember correctly from reading in the shop (I never
bought that issue) the score on resolution was so low that it could have
been only cause either by misfocusing or some other manipulation.
Arnold
Shawn K. schrieb:
They're just mad because Pentax lenses are superior to all the high priced,high falutin german made stuff...
