Re: [APML] Carl Zeiss 300mm f/4 lens for 35mm or Pentax67 cameras?

[Chris1011@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/3/2001 5:40:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
joneil@multiboard.com writes:


> So, what makes Leica, Zeiss, Rodenstock, Schneider, and otehrs so 
> readfully expensive is not that they do it any better than others can, but 
> they are willing to toss out an incredible amount of  finished lenses for 
> destruction untill they get the ones that are just right.  Spoilage


I worked at Bausch&Lomb for 4 years during and after my college days. The 
reject rate of their microscope and cinematography lenses was 60%. I used to 
tour people through the facility on Saturdays, and when I told them that, 
they thought quite naturally that we made a lot of junk. The exact opposite 
was true, and anyone with any understanding of optics knew that this was a 
good thing.

Roland Christen