During DPReview’s tour of the Utsunomiya L lens factory, they had the opportunity to interview the 3 men that oversee the facility. This factory produced every L lens, cinema lens and broadcast lens in the Canon lineup.
From the interview: What percentage of L lenses are manufactured in the Utsunomiya lens plant? Because this is Read more. . . . canonrumors.com
Harman Technologies committed a "multi-million-pound" investment into its film manufacturing capabilities and says it is now one of the largest and "most active" film production, research, and development businesses on the planet. [Read More]
Can an ordinary person made a camera lens from scratch? Here’s a 22-minute video in which Andy George of How To Make Everything answers that question by producing clear glass and metal and combining them to create a camera lens.