On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Michael Perham wrote: > According to Thom Hogan, who is a Nikon guru, Hoya is a major > supplier to > Nikon.
Correct. Nikon used to put the BS about making their own glass in their ads. It was never true. Like most other lens makers they buy optical glass as a commodity, and buy from whoever gives them the best price. They may well make some of their own special glass types, as do other lens makers. They used to claim in their ads that they made all their own glass, made all their own lenses, made all their own cameras, etc. It was a load of advertising hype hogwash. Now that they have dropped out of the camera and lens business I suppose I no longer have to maintain my silence about seeing Nikon zoom lenses coming off a Kyocera assembly line. I had a nice conversation during one photokina with Mr. Goto, whose company (GOKO) was making all of Nikon's point and shoot cameras at the time. Nikon branded lenses have been made by Mamiya, Ricoh, Cosina, Kyocera, GOKO, and probably many others over their history. Oh, and for years Mamiya made the camera backs for many Nikon SLR models. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
