Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted In the 1950's, Leitz HAD to label their Midland camera bodies "Wetzlar" as the self-effacing Canadians wouldn't buy products made in their own country. Hence, there was a decade of Canadian-made, German-marked Leica gear. Interestingly, the Americans didn't care: your efforts in both World Wars spoke for themselves, and the US market of the '50's was content that Canadians could produce products every bit as good as those of Germany. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!