Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is there something still wrong with things "made in Japan"? I thought this died out in the 50s. As far as your Canadian comparison goes, you seem to be missing your own point. Yes, there probably would have been a lot of negative reaction on a 1950's version of the LUG, but history has proven the nay sayers wrong. And yet here you are in 1998 bitching about the "Japanese" Hasselblad. Dan C. At 09:38 PM 11-11-98 -0700, RM wrote: >>>I hope the list will tolerate a question about the Hasselblad Pan-X. >> After all, it is a rangefinder and with its 7cm wide coverage on 35mm >> film, it really isn't in competition with the M6's. > >It is a Japanese camera with a Japanese lens, and I am not the least bit >impressed with it. How about a Japanese Leicaflex... what would it be like? >As far as it not being in competition with the M6, you got that right. The >M6 is in a far different place than the Hasselblad. > >Here is a question for all of you. If the Internet was around when Leitz >set up a plant to make cameras in Canada, would there be an adverse >reaction to it? I suspect there would be, and the comments about 'Fine >Canadian Optics' would be a flying. > >RM > > > >