Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, We cannot afford to forget about the great American made Foton with lifetime warranty. I am proud owner of it. The spring motor is a real McCoy. They might be rarer than Kodak Ektar and definitely reliable and useable. Best Wishes, David At 08:10 PM 12/11/98 EST, you wrote: >Kodak's Ektra and Retina are the only ones which come immediately to >mind, they are from the 1940's, and I do not know how much of those >cameras were truly American, especially the lenses. > > >After all, it isn't surprising. Any lot who would waste perfectly good >tea to make a political statement can't be expected to muster the kind of >respect for life's fineries that give rise to cameras such as Leicas ; ) > >Regards, >Nigel > >On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:59:22 -0000 "Dr James Harper" ><DRJH@btinternet.com> writes: >Why is it that, with so much European influence and >>immigration, there is >>no sought after American 35mm camera? > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >